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Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art And Life Of Józef Czapski, Karpeles, Eric,
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- ISBN
- 1681372843
- Publication Name
- The New York Review of Books, In
- Book Title
- Almost Nothing: the 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Art, Literary Criticism
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, European / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union), General, Lgbt, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 25.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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A compelling biography of the Polish painter and writer J zef Czapski that takes readers to Paris in the Roaring Twenties, to the front lines during WWII, and into the late 20th-century art world. J zef Czapski (1896-1993) lived many lives during his ninety-six years. He was a student in Saint Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the roaring twenties. As a Polish reserve officer fighting against the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second World War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. For reasons unknown to this day, he was one of the very few excluded from Stalin's sanctioned massacres of Polish officers. He never returned to Poland after the war, but worked tirelessly in Paris to keep alive awareness of the plight of his homeland, overrun by totalitarian powers. Czapski was a towering public figure, but painting gave meaning to his life. Eric Karpeles, also a painter, reveals Czapski's full complexity, pulling together all the threads of this remarkable life.
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Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1681372843
ISBN-13
9781681372846
eBay Product ID (ePID)
243043117
Product Key Features
Book Title
Almost Nothing: the 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, European / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union), General, Lgbt, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Nd955.P63c9235 2018
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"The Polish painter and writer Józef Czapski lived through almost the entire twentieth century as an exception to the rule. A pacifist who became a Polish army officer being deported to a Soviet prison camp in 1939, he was one of very few to survive the Katyn massacre perpetrated by Stalin's secret police the following year....He was both a patriot and a European in the deepest sense, with friends and family connections across the continent. In this year's centenary of independence regained, a new generation of Poles in a country at the crossroads must decide whether Czapski's vision will also be theirs." --Stanley Bill, Times Literary Supplement "Engaging life of a little-known artist and writer who was on hand for some of the 20th century's major events....A central episode in Czapski's life was his internment in Russia before being allowed to go to British territory, which he recounts in Inhuman Land (just published, also by NYRB); Karpeles sheds abundant light on that episode, giving us a nuanced portrait of a man of parts. A Zelig-like figure, Czapski is, by Karpeles' account, 'largely unknown to American readers and artists.' This fine biography serves as a useful corrective." -- Kirkus , starred review "Józef Czapski was a soldier, diplomat, aristocrat, writer, intellectual, and, down to the tips of his fingers, an artist. Miraculously he has found a biographer able to grasp him on his own terms. Eric Karpeles's engrossing book is part biography, part intellectual history, part personal memoir--and finally (and this is the miraculous part) a confrontation across time and across canvas of one artist with another. He has written a beautiful, essential book." --Mark Danner " Almost Nothing is an amazing and completely unexpected achievement. It's a story with epic sweep that is apt to put you in mind of War and Peace and Doctor Zhivago . And, as it braids together the brilliance and cruelty of the twentieth century, it is told with a steadiness of vision that is breathtaking. A book you will want to get your hands on." --Robert Hass "Józef Czapski was a beautiful human being, courageous, noble but also hard-working; occasionally a soldier, journalist, diarist, always writing, drawing, always with a sketchbook in hand, always ready to help friends and strangers. In his person high intelligence and remarkable artistic talent met with an active, almost naive goodness--a rather rare combination, as we know. Almost Nothing reads at times like a political novel--when this delicate painter speaks to high-ranking Stalin's henchmen--or like "roman de l'artiste" when he talks with Anna Akhmatova in Tashkent. Eric Karpeles' generous, fantastically researched book renders justice to this exceptional figure and to the painful, monstrously brutal historical background against which Czapski's life has to be measured." --Adam Zagajewski "Józef Czapski's essays on Proust, written in a Soviet prison camp: these proved the unlikely impetus to Eric Karpeles's remarkable biography of the Polish painter and writer, who bore witness to twentieth- century history in its peculiarly brutal Polish incarnation. Karpeles's own gifts as critic and artist produce the kind of book that Czapski himself might well have applauded. His eloquence on the paintings is unmatched. The passion, intelligence, and commitment he brings to his task should finally give Czapski the English-language audience he so richly deserves." --Clare Cavanagh, "Józef Czapski was a beautiful human being, courageous, noble but also hard-working; occasionally a soldier, journalist, diarist, always writing, drawing, always with a sketchbook in hand, always ready to help friends and strangers. In his person high intelligence and remarkable artistic talent met with an active, almost naive goodness--a rather rare combination, as we know. Almost Nothing reads at times like a political novel--when this delicate painter speaks to high-ranking Stalin's henchmen--or like "roman de l'artiste" when he talks with Anna Akhmatova in Tashkent. Eric Karpeles' generous, fantastically researched book renders justice to this exceptional figure and to the painful, monstrously brutal historical background against which Czapski's life has to be measured." --Adam Zagajewski "Józef Czapski's essays on Proust, written in a Soviet prison camp: these proved the unlikely impetus to Eric Karpeles's remarkable biography of the Polish painter and writer, who bore witness to twentieth- century history in its peculiarly brutal Polish incarnation. Karpeles's own gifts as critic and artist produce the kind of book that Czapski himself might well have applauded. His eloquence on the paintings is unmatched. The passion, intelligence, and commitment he brings to his task should finally give Czapski the English-language audience he so richly deserves." --Clare Cavanagh
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2018-024071
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Yes
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