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In Pastoralia elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A couple live and work in a caveman theme-park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence. A born loser attends a self-help seminar where he is encouraged to rid himself of all the people who are 'crapping in your oatmeal'. And a male exotic dancer and his family are terrorised by their decomposing aunt who visits them with a solemn message from beyond the grave.

Humorous stories, English --- Satire, English

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Maatschappijkritische roman waarin de uit de dood opgestane Hitler de Duitse samenleving de maat neemt. In augustus 2011 ontwaakt Adolf Hitler in Berlijn. Al snel, dankzij een onderkomen in een krantenkiosk, leert de ex-Führer hoe het staat met de Duitse democratie. Met genoegen constateert hij dat het jodendom duurzaam is gedecimeerd, maar hij ziet ook hoe 'multicultureel' de stad is geworden. Zijn herintrede in de samenleving en zijn niet aflatende propaganda voor de nazi-zaak wordt door de media niet alleen gesignaleerd, de televisie - die in hem een rasacteur ziet - biedt hem een rol in een satirisch programma aan, met doorslaand succes. Het blad Bild krijgt een speciale rol in dit Hitler-verhaal, waarin humor en satire elkaar zo snel afwisselen dat de lezer er onrustig van wordt. Hoe staat het met de democratie en kan die onbuigzaam extremisme aan? Dit gedachte-experiment laat zien dat mensen nog steeds kunnen meebuigen met alles wat de democratie ondermijnt. Kleine druk.© NBD Biblion

Hitler, Adolf --- Satire --- Maatschappijkritiek --- Romans

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Juvenal --- Roman poetry --- satire --- Iuvenalis, Decimus Iunius

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This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early 18th century.A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija), Hmedan was acerbic in his criticisms of society and its morals, voiced in in a poetic idiom that is widely referred to as “Nabati,” here a mix of Najdi vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating back to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Hmedan is mostly concerned with worldly matters, and addresses these in different guises: as the patriarch at the helm of the family boat and its unruly crew; as a picaresque anti-hero who revels in taking potshots at the established order, its hypocrisy, and its moral failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no avail and with no guarantee of success; and as a poet recording in verse how he thinks things ought to be.The poems in Arabian Satire reveal a plucky, headstrong, yet intensely socially committed figure—representative of the traditional Najdi ethos—who infuses his verse with proverbs, maxims, and words of wisdom expressed plainly and conversationally. Hmedan is accordingly "ed by historians of the Gulf region and in anthologies of popular sayings. This is the first full translation of this remarkable poet.

Verse satire, Arabic --- Arabic verse satire --- Arabic poetry --- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern.