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Verlag: New York Review Of Books Jun 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1590178289ISBN 13: 9781590178287
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINAL Virginia Woolf called Max Beerbohm 'the prince' of essayists, F. W. Dupee praised his 'whim of iron' and 'cleverness amounting to genius,' while Beerbohm himself noted that 'only the insane take themselves quite seriously.' From his precocious debut as a dandy in 1890s Oxford until he put his pen aside in the aftermath of World War II, Beerbohm was recognized as an incomparable observer of modern life and an essayist whose voice was always and only his own. Here Phillip Lopate, one of the finest essayists of our day, has selected the finest of Beerbohm's essays. Whether writing about the vogue for Russian writers, laughter and philosophy, dandies, or George Bernard Shaw, Beerbohm is as unpredictable as he is unfailingly witty and wise. As Lopate writes, 'Today . . . it becomes all the more necessary to ponder how Beerbohm performed the delicate operation of displaying so much personality without lapsing into sticky confession.'.
Verlag: The New York Review Of Books, Inc Jun 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1590178343ISBN 13: 9781590178348
Anbieter: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An NYRB Classics OriginalSet in the early years of Mao's China, Naked Earth is the story of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of revolutionary change. Liu Ch'üan and Su Nan meet in the countryside after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program. Eager to build a more just society, they are puzzled and shocked by the brutality, barely disguised corruption, and ruthless careerism they discover, but then quickly silenced by the barrage of propaganda and public criticism that is directed at anyone who appears to doubt a righteous cause. Joined together by the secret of their common dismay, they remain in touch when Liu departs to work on a newspaper in Peking, where Su Nan eventually also moves. Something like love begins to grow between them-but then a new round of purges sweeps through the revolutionary ranks.One of the greatest and most loved of modern Chinese writers, Eileen Chang illuminates the dark corners of the human existence with a style of disorienting beauty. Naked Earth, unavailable in English for more than fifty years, is a harrowing tale of perverted ideals, damaged souls, deepest loneliness, and terror. 400 pp. Deutsch.