Etienne Leroux (1922–1989)
Autor de To a Dubious Salvation (Modern Classics)
Series
Obras de Etienne Leroux
Isis isis isis 1 copia
Die eerste lewe van Colet 1 copia
Na'va 1 copia
Op Weg Na Welgevonden 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Leroux, Etienne
- Nombre legal
- Le Roux, Stephanus Petrus Daniël
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1922-06-13
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1989-12-30
- Lugar de sepultura
- Family church yard of Wamakersdrift, South Africa
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Zuid-Afrika
- Educación
- Stellenbosch University
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 16
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 142
- Popularidad
- #144,865
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 36
- Idiomas
- 4
It's an excellent satire, full of sharp, angry sarcasm, and some very funny half-page portraits of people: a narcissistic Greek author; a prudish traffic policeman; two Lords, Sudden and Seldom; a poor Boer man -- and about twenty others, very well drawn. Leroux doesn't waste a single line: he's savage and accurate -- a wonderfully good writer. This is satire as it should be written, by someone nearly apoplectic with hatred and impatience, and yet also infused by an irrepressible desire to laugh at everyone. It was banned in South Africa, as documented in the book "the Muzzled Muse: Literature and Censorship in South Africa."
Beyond satire, and piercing description, it isn't much, but I will be reading other books by Leroux.… (más)