City of lions
2016
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The Ukranian city of Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals. 'My Lwow,' Jozef Wittlin's short 1946 treatise on the city he left in 1922, is a wistful and lyrical study of an electrifying cosmopolis, told from the other side of the catastrophe of the Second World War. Philippe Sand's essay provides a parallel account of the city as it is today: the cultural capital of Ukraine, its citizens played a key roled during the Orange Revolution, and its executive committee declared itself independent of the rule of President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014. 'City of Lions' includes both old black-and-white photographs showing Lviv during the first half of the 20th century, and new photos.
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City of lions / Jozef Wittlin and Philippe Sands ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Imprint:
London : Pushkin, 2016.
Collation:
176 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:
9781782271178 (pbk)
Dewey class:
947.79
Language:
English
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BRN:
2507112
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