Results for: books tagged ‘East vs West’
Laments: Jan Kochanowski
Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is acknowledged to be the first great poet in Poland's vernacular literary tradition. His Treny (or Laments) represent the height of his achievement. They are an impassioned, ... More
Behind the Lines: Michael Hofmann
As well as being a poet and a translator (of Kafka, Joseph Roth, Brecht and others), Michael Hofmann has been a prolific reviewer and critic - of novels, poems, paintings, ... More
Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire: Jose Prieto
J. is a smuggler living on the fringes between Eastern and Western Europe, making his living fencing the flotsam of communism's collapse. He has taken a commission to illegally trap ... More
The Missionary and the Libertine: Ian Buruma
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been much talk about a new kind of conflict, a conflict between civilizations, that has revived the notion, which never quite ... More
Out of Romania: Dan Antal
'Antal's mixture of righteous indignation and self-deprecating wit brings his predicament to life without making light of its darker side . . . [This is] a book written from a ... More
Why the West has Won: Victor Davis Hanson
This is a brilliant history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. Instead of weighing up the West through its ... More
Gyorgy Ligeti: Richard Steinitz
An illuminating study of the life and work of György Ligeti, one of the best-loved and most original composers of our time.For 50 years György Ligeti has pursued a boldly ... More
Snow: Orhan Pamuk
The year is 1992. Ka, a poet and political exile, returns to Turkey as a journalist, assigned to write an investigative piece about troubling events in the small and mysterious ... More
The Word and the Bomb: Hanif Kureishi
For the last decade Hanif Kureishi has been writing about the rising tensions between Islam and the West - in his essays, as well as works of fiction such as ... More
The Black Book: Orhan Pamuk
The Black Book is Orhan Pamuk's tour de force, a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirmed his reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric ... More
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