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The Deep Zoo
Критика, Публицистика

The Deep Zoo

Язык: английский
Год: 2015
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Included in Library Journal’s "25 Key Indie Fiction Titles, Fall 2014-Winter 2015". Within the writer's life, words and things acquire power. For Borges it is the tiger and the color red, for Cortázar a pair of amorous lions, and for an early...
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
Биографии и мемуары, Критика

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

Язык: английский
Год: 2011
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In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of...
Little Labors
Критика, Публицистика

Little Labors

Автор: Galchen Rivka
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book—a key inspiration for Rivka Galchen’s new book — contains a list of “Things That Make One Nervous.” And wouldn’t the blessed event top almost anyone’s list? Little Labors is a slanted, enchanted...
A Brief History of Portable Literature
Критика, Современная русская и зарубежная проза

A Brief History of Portable Literature

Язык: английский
Год: 2015
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An author (a version of Vila-Matas himself) presents a short history of a secret society, the Shandies, who are obsessed with the concept of portable literature. The society is entirely imagined, but in this rollicking, intellectually playful book,...