The Old Man and the Bureaucrats (English and Romanian Edition)

By Mircea Eliade

Book Overview

The conflict between myth and technology and the impact of totalitarianism is explored in the tale of an elderly schoolteacher who, while looking for a former pupil, is held for questioning by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226204103
• ISBN13: 9780226204109
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

A book which you not only Read but experience

This is a good introduction to Eliade's fiction. Eliade is more known as a scholar than a fiction writer, but he produced some wonderful stories, of which this is one. This is one of the few fictional works currently available, but any reader who enjoys this as much as I did will no doubt embark upon a quest to discover more Eliade books. I esp. recommend "Mystic Tales".