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Author : Borislav Pekić
Release : 1994
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 417/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Houses of Belgrade by : Borislav Pekić
Download or read book The Houses of Belgrade written by Borislav Pekić. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bernard Johnson translation of Pekic's prize-winning novel. Originally published by Harcourt in 1978. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Mirjana Roter-Blagojević
Release : 2018
Genre : Architecture, Domestic
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 282/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Houses of Belgrade Jews by : Mirjana Roter-Blagojević
Download or read book Houses of Belgrade Jews written by Mirjana Roter-Blagojević. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Borislav Pekic
Release : 2016-04-05
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 471/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Houses by : Borislav Pekic
Download or read book Houses written by Borislav Pekic. This book was released on 2016-04-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building can be seen as a master metaphor for modernity, which some great irresistible force, be it Fascism or Communism or capitalism, is always busy rebuilding, and Houses is a book about a man, Arsénie Negovan, who has devoted his life and his dreams to building. Bon vivant, Francophile, visionary, Negovan spent the first half of his life building houses he loved and even named—Juliana, Christina, Agatha—while making his hometown of Belgrade into a modern city to be proud of. The second half of his life, after World War II and the Nazi occupation, he has spent in one of those houses, looked after by his wife and a nurse, in hiding. Houses is set on the final day of his life, when Negovan at last ventures forth to see the world as it is. Negovan is one of the great characters in modern fiction, a man of substance and a deluded fantasist, a beguiling visionary and a monster of selfishness, a charmer no matter what. And perhaps he is right to fear that home is only an illusion in our world, or that only in illusion is there home.
Author : Biljana Arandelovic
Release : 2020-01-01
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 703/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Belgrade by : Biljana Arandelovic
Download or read book Belgrade written by Biljana Arandelovic. This book was released on 2020-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights Belgrade, reviewing its recent and historical developments and emphasizing its major ongoing planning projects. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first, entitled The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history, introduces the reader to the city, and is followed by a chapter on Belgrade’s urban plans through history. The book continues with a chapter on one of the major urban projects in the former Yugoslavia, the construction of New Belgrade, its development and results, entitled New Belgrade: from no man’s land to modern city. In turn, the following three chapters explore three dominant contemporary topics: Belgrade’s riverfront redevelopment; Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala; and Sustainable Belgrade. Expansion of the pedestrian zone in the city center. The book draws to a close with a chapter on Future predictions: South-Eastern European metropolis of the 21st century. This chapter in particular discusses large city projects and includes predictions about the city’s future.
Author : David A. Norris
Release : 2009
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 080/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Belgrade by : David A. Norris
Download or read book Belgrade written by David A. Norris. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans and Serbs. A Turkish fortress, the focus for a Serbian principality, an intellectual and artistic center, the city grew until it became capital of Yugoslavia. Now it is one of the largest cities in south-eastern Europe and capital of the Republic of Serbia. Despite many challenges, Belgrade has resisted assimilation and created a unique cultural identity out of its many contrasting sides, sometimes with surprising consequences.
