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Primo Levi, Complete
Oct 9, 2015 "I deliberately assumed the calm and sober language of the witness, not the lament of the victim or the anger of the avenger It is you who are the judges" Those are the words of Primo Levi, one of the most essential writers of the 20th century -- particularly of the Holocaust" Those are the words of Primo Levi, one of the most essential writers of the 20th century -- and particularly of the Holocaust.
W.H. Auden, Complete
Sep 25, 2015 These six volumes of the work of W.H. Auden call to mind the great poet's comment on the writing of another author: "It is a book in which one can browse for a lifetime without exhausting its treasures."
The Most Dangerous Book
Jun 27, 2014 This "biography of a book" presents James Joyce's "Ulysses" as the work that broke the crusading spirit of the U.S. government's literary censorship during the early 20th century.
Call Me Burroughs
Feb 7, 2014 William S. Burroughs, the subject of a new biography, probes methods of subjugation -- drugs, torture, sex, laws, cults, brainwashing and language. Still, there is always “one Mark you cannot beat. The Mark Inside.”William S. Burroughs, the subject of a new biography, probes methods of subjugation—drugs, torture, sex, laws, cults, brainwashing and language.
No Humbug Here
Dec 27, 2013 This year, try reading instead of watching “A Christmas Carol,” and pay attention to its apolitical, even reactionary views on social change There’s more to this Dickens classic than Alastair Sims and the Muppets.
MaddAddam
Sep 21, 2013 The concluding volume in Margaret Atwood's "dystopian trilogy" -- a vision of global disaster in the not too distant future -- is a brilliant piece of social science fiction.The concluding volume in Margaret Atwood's "dystopian trilogy" is a brilliant piece of social science fiction.
The Balloonist
Jan 23, 2013 MacDonald Harris is a writer "too good to be neglected," writes Philip Pullman in the introduction to this reissue of Harris' highly original 1976 novel "The Balloonist." Set in 1897, it follows a middle-aged Swedish aeronaut as he aims to sail over the Arctic in a balloon to the North Pole.Set in 1897, "The Balloonist" follows a middle-aged Swedish aeronaut as he aims to sail over the Arctic in a balloon to the North Pole.
Sincerely, Sam Beckett
Oct 28, 2011 "I keep an eye on the love life of the Colorado beetle and work against it," Samuel Beckett writes in this second volume of his collected letters. “… That is to say by throwing the parents into my neighbor's garden and burning the eggs. If only someone had done that for me!"