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Moronic Inferno(2006) AMIS, MARTINAt the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Visiting Mrs Nabokov And Other Excursions(2005) AMIS, MARTINFuelled by innumerable cigarettes, Martin Amis provides dazzling portraits of contemporaries and mentors alike: Larkin and Rushdie; Sex without Madonna, expulsion from school, a Stones gig that should have been gagged, on set with Robocop or on court withVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Stranger Shores(2002) COETZEE, J.M.A collection of 29 pieces on books, writing, photography, and the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. With literary subjects ranging from Defoe through Rilke and Kafka to the giants of the 20th century, those who admire Coetzee as a novelist can also reVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Notes on the Death of Culture(2022) VARGAS LLOSA, MARIOWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 'The most approachable and exhilarating Latin American writer of our times.' Robert McCrum, ObserverIn the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Mind of an Outlaw(2014) MAILER, NORMANFocuses on Marilyn Monroe, culture, ideology, boxing, Hemingway, politics, sex, celebrity.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Selected Prose(2013) LAMB, CHARLESBrings together the prose writings of the great early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb, whose shrewd wit and convivial style have endeared him to generations of readers. This title discusses how his tragic life and sainted reputation, caring for hVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Five Moral Pieces(2002) ECO, UMBERTOEmbracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today'sVezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Roland Barthes Reader(1993) BARTHES, ROLANDAn introduction to the thinking of the French intellectual, Roland Barthes, as applied to such diverse topics as Gide, Garbo, striptease, photography and the Eiffel Tower. The pieces in this collection were written over a period of three decades.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Lives of the Saints(2022) BARRY, SEBASTIANFrom A Long Long Way, his Booker shortlisted novel about the Irish soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War to his Donal McCann starring hit play, The Steward of Christendom;Vezava: Trda21,02 € -
We Travelled(2022) HARE, DAVID'A writing career which is the most consistently adventurous of any British dramatist.' ObserverRecording dizzying changes in culture and politics, this is a powerful compilation of prose and poetry by one of the distinctive thinkers of our time.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos(2005) BERGER, JOHNThis is a collection of fragments about time and space by a writer and critic.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Politics and Literature(2019) SARTRE, JEAN-PAULA useful, concise introduction to Sartre's thinking, Politics and Literature investigates concepts and highlights conflicts, interrogations and debates that remain topical and relevant to this day.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Anything We Love Can Be Saved(2005) WALKER, ALICEFrom the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, a unique collection of essays about her life and her activismVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
In Search of Our Mother's Gardens(2005) WALKER, ALICEThe first collection of Alice Walker's non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold(2011) TALESE, GAYA selection of writings including a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and, a profile of fading basVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Under the Sign of Saturn(2009) SONTAG, SUSANBrings together the author's important critical writing from 1972 to 1980. This title explores some of the most controversial artists and thinkers of our time, including her polemic against Hitler's favourite film-maker, Leni Riefenstahl, and the cult ofVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Where the Stress Falls(2009) SONTAG, SUSANIncludes ardent pieces on writers from the author's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W G Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva and Elizabeth Hardwick. This work shares her passions for film, dance, photography, painting, opera and theatre. It explores hVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Both Flesh And Not(2013) FOSTER WALLACE, DAVIDCombines the author's essays with work published in the UK. This title collects fifteen essays.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
What are We Doing Here?(2019) ROBINSON, MARILYNNENew essays by the Orange and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gilead, Home and Lila. In this collection, Marilynne Robinson, one of today's most important thinkers - admired by President Obama, and so many others - impels us to action and offers us hope.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
