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A Good and Dignified Life - The Political Advice of Hannah Arendt and Rosa Luxemburg by Joke J. Hermsen; Brendan Monaghan (Translator)
Category: Politics | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A timely and provocative essay about the parallel lives of Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt and their mission for a more humane society "[A] short but moving book . . . Even better, the volume's advice is not only pragmatically political--necessary during a time of threats to democracy and mounting ...Show more
After the Circus: A Novel by Patrick Modiano
Category: Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
One of the hallmarks of French author Patrick Modiano's writing is a singular ability to revisit particular motifs and episodes, infusing each telling with new detail and emotional nuance. In this evocative novel the internationally acclaimed author takes up one of his most compelling themes: a love aff ...Show more
Anna Karenina by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Category: Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Tolstoy produced many drafts of Anna Karenina. Crafting and recrafting each sentence with careful intent, he was anything but casual in his use of language. His project, translator Marian Schwartz observes, "was to bend language to his will, as an instrument of his aesthetic and moral convictions." In h ...Show more
Desirable Body by Hubert Haddad; Alyson Waters
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A medical mystery/fantasy/love story that delves deeply into the nature of consciousness while raising many of the ethical and existential issues facing scientists today A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel, couched in luminous, captivating prose about a journa ...Show more
Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears by Laszlo F. Foldenyi; Ottilie Mulzet (trans.)
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
An exemplary collection of work from one of the world's leading scholars of intellectual history László F. Földényi is a writer who is learned in reference, taste, and judgment, and entertaining in style. Taking a place in the long tradition of public intellectual and cultural criticism, his work reson ...Show more
Exemplary Novels by Miguel de Cervantes
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Edith Grossman, celebrated for her brilliant translation of Don Quixote, offers a dazzling new version of another Cervantes classic, on the 400th anniversary of his death The twelve novellas gathered together in Exemplary Novels reveal the extraordinary breadth of Cervantes's imagination: his nearly lim ...Show more
Exemplary Novels by Miguel de Cervantes
Category: Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Edith Grossman, celebrated for her brilliant translation of Don Quixote, offers a dazzling new version of another Cervantes classic
Family Record by Patrick Modiano; Mark Polizzotti
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
An enthralling reflection on the ways that family history influences identity, from the 2014 Nobel laureate for literature A mix of autobiography and lucid invention, this highly personal work offers a deeply affecting exploration of the meaning of identity and pedigree. With his signature blend of cand ...Show more
Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz
Category: Fiction | Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters (Paperback)
In this bitterly funny novel a writer finds himself tossed into a chaotic world of schoolboys by a diabolical professor who wishes to reduce him to childishness. Originally published in Poland in 1937, "Ferdydurke" was deemed scandalous and subversive by Nazis, Stalinists, and the Polish Communist regim ...Show more
Frail Riffs - The Rules of the Game, Volume 4 by Michel Leiris; Richard Sieburth (Translator)
Category: Culture | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
The fourth and final volume of Michel Leiris's renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time, translated by Richard Sieburth Ex-surrealist and maverick anthropologist Michel Leiris (1901-1990) crafted his multivolume autobiography over the course of thirty-five years, profoundl ...Show more
Graveyard Clay: CRE na Cille by Mairtin O Cadhain
Category: Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
In critical opinion and popular polls, Mairtin O Cadhain's Graveyard Clay is invariably ranked the most important prose work in modern Irish. This bold new translation of his radically original Cre na Cille is the shared project of two fluent speakers of the Irish of O Cadhain's native region, Liam Mac ...Show more
Graveyard Clay: Cre na Cille by Mairtin O Cadhain
Category: Fiction | Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
A brilliant new translation of O Cadhain's modern Irish literature masterpiece, meant to spark debate and comparison with Alan Titley's Dirty Dust, now with bonus materials on its history, reception, interpretations, adaptations, and more In critical opinion and popular polls, Mairtin O Cadhain's Gravey ...Show more