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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
Adonis - Selected Poems by Adonis; Khaled Mattawa (Translator)
Category: Poetry | Series: World Republic of Letters Ser.
The first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic today Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His poems have earned international acclaim, and his influence on ...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
Diary by GOMBROWICZ WITOLD
Category: Biography | Series: World Republic of Letters Ser.
Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his "Diary" with one of literature's most memorable openings: Monday - Me; Tuesday - Me; Wednesday - Me; and, Thursday - ...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
Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears by Laszlo F. Foldenyi; Ottilie Mulzet (Translator)
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: World Republic of Letters (Yale) Ser.
In this collection of essays László F. Földényi considers the fallout from the end of religion and how the traditions of the Enlightenment have replaced neither the metaphysical completeness nor the comforting purpose of the previously held mythologies. Combining beautiful writing with empathy, imaginat ...Show more
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
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
Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories by BOROWSKI TADEUSZ
Category: Short Stories | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
The most complete English-language collection of the prose of Tadeusz Borowski, the most challenging chronicler of Auschwitz, with a foreword by Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny "Borowski's sharp-edged descriptions of life in Nazi concentration camps shatter the limits of even Kafka's most surrea ...Show more
I Live in the Slums by Can Can Xue; Karen Gernant (Translator); Zeping Chen (Translator)
Category: Short Stories | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature Can Xue's stories observe no obvious conventions of plot or characterization. That is the only rule they follow. Instead, they tend to limn a disordered and poetic state given structu ...Show more
Invisible Ink - A Novel by Patrick Modiano; Mark Polizzotti (Translator)
Category: History | Series: World Republic of Letters (Yale) Ser.
Patrick Modiano explores the boundaries of recollection in a "mesmerizing, enigmatic novel" (Publishers Weekly) "An enchanting read."--Ploughshares The latest work from Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano, Invisible Ink is a spellbinding tale of memory and its illusions. Private detective Jean Eyben receiv ...Show more
Invisible Ink - A Novel by Patrick Modiano; Mark Polizzotti (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Margellos World Republic of Letters Ser.
Patrick Modiano explores the boundaries of recollection in a "mesmerizing, enigmatic novel" (Publishers Weekly) "Nobel Prize winner Modiano's title smartly ties together the theme, plot, and ambience of his latest book . . . The past overlaps and memories half-emerge in classic Modiano fashion, just as ...Show more