The Use of Man (New York Review Books Classics)

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The Use of Man (New York Review Books Classics)

The Use of Man starts with an unexpected discovery. World War II is ending. Sredoje LazukiÄ‡ has been fighting all through it. Now, as one of the victorious Partisans, he has come home to Novi Sad. He visits the house he grew up in. Strangers nervously show him around. He looks up the mother of Milinko, his best friend. Milinkoâ€™s girlfriend, Vera, was the daughter of a Jew, a bookish businessman. Her house stands empty and open. Venturing in, Sredoje is surprised to find the diary of the German tutor that Milinko, Vera, and he all shared, FrÃ¤ulein, who died on the operating table just before the war. Here, however, in a cheap notebook in Veraâ€™s old room, is a record of FrÃ¤uleinâ€™s lonely days, with the sentimental caption PoÃ©sie. . . .

The diary survived. Sredoje survived. Vera and Milinko have survived too. But what survives? A few years back Sredoje, Vera, and Milinko were teenagers, struggling to make sense of life. Life, they now know, can be more bitter than death.

A work of stark poetry and illimitable sadness, The Use of Man is one of the great books of the 20th century.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781590177266
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-11-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590177266

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781590177266
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-11-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590177266

The Use of Man (New York Review Books Classics)

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