Friday 13 January 2017

Frank Kruk (Volume 1) By Petras Cvirka

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Title:Frank Kruk (Volume 1)
Author:Petras Cvirka
Format:Hardcover
Page:232 pages
ISBN:0996630406

In this imaginary biography, Petras Cvirka follows every detail of Pranas Krukelis s transformation from a barefoot Lithuanian village boy with a dead ringer imitation of a squealing pig to the American businessman Frank Kruk, proprietor of a Brooklyn funeral parlor On the way, Cvirka slings satire and slapstick in all directions, at just about every aspect of Lithuanian In this imaginary biography, Petras Cvirka follows every detail of Pranas Krukelis s transformation from a barefoot Lithuanian village boy with a dead ringer imitation of a squealing pig to the American businessman Frank Kruk, proprietor of a Brooklyn funeral parlor On the way, Cvirka slings satire and slapstick in all directions, at just about every aspect of Lithuanian life and the immigrant experience in America Think of something like a cross between Sinclair Lewis and Stella Gibbons A classic of Lithuanian literature first published in 1934, the book has previously been translated into Russian, Czech, Latvian, and Estonian This is its first English translation




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In this imaginary biography, Petras Cvirka follows every detail of Pranas Krukelis s transformation from a barefoot Lithuanian village boy with a dead
Frank Kruk (Volume 1)
232 pagesPetras Cvirka

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