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Reportaže i intervjui • Njemačka književnost

Tajna Kina

Egon Ervin Kisch

Knjiga je putopisno-reportažno djelo "ludog reportera" Egona Ervina Kischa, koje donosi dojmljive prikaze Kine u turbulentnom razdoblju 20. stoljeća.

U Tajnoj Kini, Kisch opisuje svoje putovanje i istraživanja u Kini, zemlji koja je tada bila u vrtlogu političkih i društvenih promjena. Kroz niz reportaža, priča i intervjua, autor donosi sliku Kine kakva je bila u prvoj polovici 20. stoljeća.

Kisch analizira uvjete života različitih slojeva kineskog društva, od siromašnih seljaka do bogatih trgovaca i političkih elita. Opisuje borbu između nacionalista, komunista i stranih sila koje su imale interes u Kini. Prikazuje egzotične običaje, vjerovanja i svakodnevni život kineskog naroda. Kisch istražuje kako su strane sile, uključujući Britaniju i Japan, oblikovale modernu Kinu.

Kao novinar poznat po svom istraživačkom radu, Kisch koristi autentične izvore, razgovara s običnim ljudima i svjedoči događajima iz prve ruke. Njegov stil je dinamičan, detaljan i angažiran, čime čitatelja uvlači u srž zbivanja.

Original title

Der chinesische Kriegstrommel

Translation

Branko Kojić

Dimensions

20 x 14.5 cm

Pages

214

Publisher

Naklada Binoza, Zagreb, 1934.

Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

Language: Croatian.

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