Byzantium Endures by Michael Moorcock
A sprawling, darkly comic historical novel that follows the self-aggrandizing, unreliable narrator Maxim Pyatnitsky as he reinvents himself and drifts through the collapse of old Europe into the upheavals of the 20th century. Told in flamboyant, defensive prose, it charts his improbable rise from provincial roots through encounters with modern science, art and fascist politics, exposing his delusions, racism and moral blindness while illuminating the era’s violence and decay. The result is an unsettling portrait of a charismatic liar whose personal myths mirror the broader cultural catastrophes of his time.
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- Published
- 1981
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- British
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- Original Language
- English
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