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  • A History of Polish Literature

    Traduit par Anna Zaranko ...
    Collections series Polish Studies
    Anna Nasilowska's A History of Polish Literature is a one-volume guide that immerses readers in the rich tapestry of Polish literature and reveals its enduring impact on European identity from the Middle Ages to the late twentieth century. By exploring key themes, writers, and works and grounding her discussion in crucial biographical context, she weaves together the lives of a carefully curated ... En savoir plus

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  • Danube

    par Claudio Magris ...
    In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the river's source in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments - from Ovid and Marcus Aurelius to Kafka and Canetti - and in so doing sets his finger on the ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • My Battle Against Hitler

    Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich

    How does a person become Hitler’s number one enemy? Not through espionage or violence, it turns out, but by striking fearlessly at the intellectual and spiritual roots of National Socialism.Dietrich von Hildebrand was a German Catholic thinker and teacher who devoted the full force of his intellect to breaking the deadly spell of Nazism that ensnared so many of his beloved countrymen.His story ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Russian Thinkers

    par Isaiah Berlin ...
    Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In addition to Tolstoy's philosophy of history, which he addresses in his most famous essay, 'The Hedgehog and the Fox,' Berlin considers the social and ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Icon and Axe

    An Interpretative History of Russian Culture

    "A sweeping, intricate description of Russian cultural history, spanning the pre-Romanov era through six centuries to the reign of Joseph Stalin. Flowing with ease through time and topic — from art to music, literature, philosophy, mythology and more — the book provides readers with an alluring portrayal of Russia’s proud heritage. Its impressive scope and lasting insights have made it a ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Prague in Black and Gold

    Scenes from the Life of a European City

    par Peter Demetz ...
    "With great erudition and profound engagement [this history] has made it possible for us to come closer to understanding Prague." ―Larry Wolff, The New York Times Book ReviewPrague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In Prague in Black and Gold, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Language and Silence

    Essays on Language, Literature, and the Inhuman

    par George Steiner ...
    The evolution and manipulation of language from the celebrated author of After Babel. "A keenly discriminating literary mind at work on what it loves" ( The New York Times Book Review).Language and Silence is a book about language—and politics, meaning, silence, and the future of literature. Originally published between 1958 and 1966, the essays that make up this collection ponder whether we have ... En savoir plus

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  • Conversations with Isaiah Berlin

    An illuminating and witty dialogue with one of the greatest intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Ramin Jahanbegloo's interview with Isaiah Berlin grew into a series of five conversations which offer an intimate view of Berlin and his ideas. They include discussions on pluralism and liberty as well as the thinkers and writers who influenced Berlin. This revised edition provided an ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Kidnapped West

    The Tragedy of Central Europe

    par Milan Kundera ...
    Traduit par Linda Asher ...
    “We should welcome the context Kundera gives for the struggles between Russia and Europe, and the plight of those caught between them. His defense of small languages, small cultures, and small nations feels pressing.”—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine“Kundera focuses on the relationship of Europe’s central ‘small nations’ like Czechoslovakia and Ukraine to Western culture and argues that their ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Soviet Mind

    Russian Culture under Communism

    par Isaiah Berlin ...
    Collections series A Brookings Classic
    With a revised foreword by Brookings President Strobe Talbott and a new introduction by Berlin’s editor, Henry Hardy.George Kennan, the architect of US policy toward the Soviet Union, called Isaiah Berlin the patron saint among the commentators of the Russian scene.” In The Soviet Mind, Berlin proves himself fully worthy of that accolade. Although the essays in this book were originally written to ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Russian Literature

    Collections series Cultural History of Literature
    For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers - nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev - or a few well-known works - Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. The medieval period, as well as the brilliant tradition of Russian lyric poetry ... En savoir plus

    $33.99 CAD

  • Warped Mourning

    Stories of the Undead in the Land of the Unburied

    Collections series Cultural Memory in the Present
    "[A] superb study of Russian cultural memory makes all too clear, ghosts of the unburied dead affect literature, art, public life and mental health too." — The EconomistAfter Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviet Union dismantled the enormous system of terror and torture that he had created. But there has never been any Russian ban on former party functionaries, nor any external authority to dispense ... En savoir plus

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