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The Illogic of Kassel

by Enrique Vila-Matas ...

Translated by Anne McLean, Anna Milsom ...

A literary look at one of Europe’s most acclaimed art exhibitions by a Spanish author “offering strange cerebral satisfactions” (Village Voice).A puzzling phone call shatters a writer’s routine. An enigmatic female voice extends a dinner invitation, and it soon becomes clear that this is an invitation to take part in the documenta, the legendary exhibition of contemporary art held every five years ... Read more

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A literary look at one of Europe’s most acclaimed art exhibitions by a Spanish author “offering strange cerebral satisfactions” (Village Voice).A puzzling phone call shatters a writer’s routine. An enigmatic female voice extends a dinner invitation, and it soon becomes clear that this is an invitation to take part in the documenta, the legendary exhibition of contemporary art held every five years
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Good Offices

by Evelio Rosero ...

Translated by Anna Milsom, Anne McLean ...

A beautifully poetic and vivid satire of the hypocrisies of the Catholic Church.Tancredo, a young hunchback, observes and participates in the rites at the Catholic church where he lives under the care of Father Almida. Also in residence are the sexton Celeste Machado, his goddaughter Sabina Cruz, and three widows known collectively as the Lilias, who do the cooking and cleaning and provide charity ... Read more

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A beautifully poetic and vivid satire of the hypocrisies of the Catholic Church.Tancredo, a young hunchback, observes and participates in the rites at the Catholic church where he lives under the care of Father Almida. Also in residence are the sexton Celeste Machado, his goddaughter Sabina Cruz, and three widows known collectively as the Lilias, who do the cooking and cleaning and provide charity
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

You Must Read Before You Die

by Peter Boxall ...

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Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary ... Read more

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Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary
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Nothing If Not Critical

Essays on Art and Artists

by Robert Hughes ...

From Holbein to Hockney, from Norman Rockwell to Pablo Picasso, from sixteenth-century Rome to 1980s SoHo, Robert Hughes looks with love, loathing, warmth, wit and authority at a wide range of art and artists, good, bad, past and present.As art critic for Time magazine, internationally acclaimed for his study of modern art, The Shock of the New, he is perhaps America’s most widely read and admired ... Read more

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From Holbein to Hockney, from Norman Rockwell to Pablo Picasso, from sixteenth-century Rome to 1980s SoHo, Robert Hughes looks with love, loathing, warmth, wit and authority at a wide range of art and artists, good, bad, past and present.As art critic for Time magazine, internationally acclaimed for his study of modern art, The Shock of the New, he is perhaps America’s most widely read and admired
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Portrait of an Unknown Lady

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by Maria Gainza ...

Translated by Thomas Bunstead ...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceNew York Times Notable author María Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the trail of an enigmatic master forgerIn the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a ... Read more

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceNew York Times Notable author María Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the trail of an enigmatic master forgerIn the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a
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The Shock of the New

The Hundred=Year History of Modern Art

by Robert Hughes ...

A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. ... Read more

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A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos.
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934–1939

by Anaïs Nin ...

Series Book 2 - The Diaries of Anaïs Nin
The second volume of "one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters" ( Los Angeles Times).Beginning with the author's arrival in New York, this diary recounts Anaïs Nin's work as a psychoanalyst, and is filled with the stories of her analytical patients—as well as her musings over the challenges facing the artist in the modern world. The diary of this remarkably daring and candid ... Read more

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The second volume of "one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters" ( Los Angeles Times).Beginning with the author's arrival in New York, this diary recounts Anaïs Nin's work as a psychoanalyst, and is filled with the stories of her analytical patients—as well as her musings over the challenges facing the artist in the modern world. The diary of this remarkably daring and candid
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Michael Jackson, The Diary of a Fan

by Onésimo Colavidas, Franck Vidiella ...

«On june 25th of 2009, a fan of Michael Jackson learns of the death of his idol, live on CNN. The shock is appalling. Two weeks later, despite the deep sadness that tortures him, he decides to fly to London where a commemoration is going to be held by the English fan-club, the day Michael was supposed to make his long-waited come-back. He hopes this event can be the first step in the mourning ... Read more

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«On june 25th of 2009, a fan of Michael Jackson learns of the death of his idol, live on CNN. The shock is appalling. Two weeks later, despite the deep sadness that tortures him, he decides to fly to London where a commemoration is going to be held by the English fan-club, the day Michael was supposed to make his long-waited come-back. He hopes this event can be the first step in the mourning
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Writing

by Marguerite Duras ...

Translated by Mark Polizzotti ...

Writing, one of Marguerite Duras’s last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she explores experiences that had an emotional impact on her and that inspired her to write. These vary from the death of a pilot in World War II, to the death of a fly, to an art exhibition. Two of the pieces ... Read more

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Writing, one of Marguerite Duras’s last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she explores experiences that had an emotional impact on her and that inspired her to write. These vary from the death of a pilot in World War II, to the death of a fly, to an art exhibition. Two of the pieces
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1939–1944

by Anaïs Nin ...

Series Book 3 - The Diaries of Anaïs Nin
The third volume of “one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters” (Los Angeles Times).This candid volume from the renowned diarist covers her years of struggle, and eventual triumph, as an author in America during World War II.“Transcending mere self-revelation . . . the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Proust . . . dream and ... Read more

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The third volume of “one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters” (Los Angeles Times).This candid volume from the renowned diarist covers her years of struggle, and eventual triumph, as an author in America during World War II.“Transcending mere self-revelation . . . the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Proust . . . dream and
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Temperaments: Memoirs of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Other Artists

by Dan Hofstadter ...

In these five profiles, four of which originally appeared in the New Yorker, the author evokes the life and work of seven gifted artists. Among those presented, often through lively conversations, are Jean Hélion, Mark Rothko, R.B. Kitaj, and Dennis Creffield. Chief among those portrayed however is Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), the great French photographer and photojournalist who, famed for ... Read more

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In these five profiles, four of which originally appeared in the New Yorker, the author evokes the life and work of seven gifted artists. Among those presented, often through lively conversations, are Jean Hélion, Mark Rothko, R.B. Kitaj, and Dennis Creffield. Chief among those portrayed however is Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), the great French photographer and photojournalist who, famed for
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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1947–1955

by Anaïs Nin ...

Series Book 5 - The Diaries of Anaïs Nin
The fifth volume of "one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters" ( Los Angeles Times).Spanning from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, this volume covers the author's experiences in Mexico, California, New York, and Paris; her psychoanalysis; and her experiment with LSD."Through her own struggling and dazzling courage [Nin has] shown women . . . groping with and growing with ... Read more

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The fifth volume of "one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters" ( Los Angeles Times).Spanning from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, this volume covers the author's experiences in Mexico, California, New York, and Paris; her psychoanalysis; and her experiment with LSD."Through her own struggling and dazzling courage [Nin has] shown women . . . groping with and growing with
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