This volume is only the second English translation of Huidobro’s earliest mature poetry, the first work to indicate that there was more to him than the pale imitation of Rubén Darío that was evidenced in his first two books. Written between 1914 and 1916, and published in Santiago in 1916...
“Written in 1943 by the Bosnian Nobel Laureate Ivo Andrić, this is a novel about the darker side of the Ottoman Empire – the enforced labour of local Christian subjects in modern day Bosnia. Commissioned in 1572 by the Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha, the famous bridge. which still stands tod...
The book was written in 1914, but it was only published in 1925, after he passed away. The Trial is a terrifying story that resonates with the truth even in today's society. It follows Josef K., a reputable bank clerk who ends up being arrested. It happens out of nowhere and he ...
In 2023 and 2024, Cardinal Media published three series of “Perfect Picture Books“. They encourage us to “Read and enjoy Chinese stories in English! Beautifully written and lovingly illustrated by some of China’s favorite authors and illustrators, these stories have traveled across the world a...
when they are getting money—and the reader becomes aware of an unusual liveliness in the very texture of the prose. The famous last chapter of the novel, in which readers follow thestream of consciousnessof Molly Bloom as she lies in bed, gains much of its effect from being written in ...
Written by George Duncan Painter Assistant Keeper in charge of incunabula, Department of Printed Books, British Library, London, 1954–74. Author ofProust: The Early Years; Proust: The Later Years;and others. George Duncan Painter Fact-checked by ...
1 The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy by Kenneth Pomeranz Read 2 Cotton: the Fabric that made the Modern World by Giorgio Riello Read 3 The City of Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and the Early Modern World ...
(1961-74). So Broodthaers could have taken any of several directions before deciding to replace Mallarmé’s lines of verse inUn Coup de Dés N’Abolira le Hasard: Poéme(1914) with printed and engraved placeholders in paper and anodized aluminum, respectively, to createUn Coup de Dés N’...
(CLA) at the University of Rennes 2 as well as with their documentation in the CLA’s newspaperSans niveau ni mètre. These ventures have been apropos and obviously influential for Noury. Éditions Incertain Sens and the CLA were founded byLeszek Brogowski, who has written extensively on ...
Although the novel made Courlander’s name (he had written four mediocre novels before Mightier than the Sword), it is unconvincing as a work of literature. Its importance lies in its ideas about popular journalism and the new industrial relations not just in newspapers, but everywhere. Quain...