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Ring of Bright Water Trilogy(2001) MAXWELL, GAVINThe author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradiseVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Other Colours(2015) PAMUK, ORHANA collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of Pamuk's friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Looking at Pictures(2015) WALSER, ROBERTA special side of Robert Walser: his essays on artVezava: Trda33,25 € -
Time, History, and Literature(2016) AUERBACH, ERICHErich Auerbach (1892-1957), best known for his classic literary study Mimesis, is celebrated today as a founder of comparative literature, a forerunner of secular criticism, and a prophet of global literary studies. Yet the true depth of Auerbach's thinkiVezava: Mehka40,39 € -
Selected Essays(1999) ELIOT, T. S.In this magisterial volume, first published in 1932, Eliot gathered his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917 when he became assistant editor of The Egoist.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Moralia, XI(1965) PLUTARCHPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of infVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Epistles, Volume I(1917) SENECAIn 124 epistles Seneca (ca. 4 BC–AD 65) writes to Lucilius, occasionally about technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences. He thus presents a Stoic philosophVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Faith in Fakes(1995) ECO, UMBERTOHolography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, ceVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through(2019) FLEISCHMANN, TW. G. Sebald meets Maggie Nelson in an autobiographical narrative of embodiment, visual art, history, and loss.Vezava: Mehka20,07 € -
Prevention of Literature(2021) ORWELL, GEORGEIn The Prevention of Literature, Orwell discusses the effect of the ownership of the press on the accuracy of reports of events, and takes aim at political language, which 'consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together.' It is a stirriVezava: Mehka7,72 € -
Politics vs. Literature(2021) ORWELL, GEORGEPolitics vs. Literature is, at heart, a review of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Using the book as an example of enjoying a book whose author one cannot stand, Orwell goes on to say that he considers Gulliver's Travels a work of art, leaving the reaVezava: Mehka7,72 € -
Dictionary of the Undoing(2020) FREEMAN, JOHNDictionary of the Undoing is a necessary, resounding cri de coeur in defense of language, meaning, and our ability to imagine, describe, and build a better world.Vezava: Trda18,21 €
