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  • The Mozhaisk Road

    Russian Heart of Darkness

    par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    The time is 1978 and Moscow is still the capital of a Communist country. The political police continues to suppress the protests of dissident leader Alexander Razumovsky and his tiny group of supporters. Western observers Howard Wilde and Gels Maybey face an uncertain Christmas after a public rally is roughly broken up in the city's Pushkin Square. But when the elderly Razumovsky suddenly steps ... En savoir plus

    $6.16 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Rilke: The Last Inward Man

    par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    An incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetryWhen Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitical, as too inward.In Rilke: The Last Inward Man, acclaimed critic Lesley Chamberlain uses this ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

  • Undoing the Moral Empire

    Moral Philosophy in Post-War Britain

    par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    After 1945, Britain wanted to be a new country.The authority of state and church were giving way, the Empire was dismantled, and it was no longer clear who was leading whom in matters of morals. Individuals were left to reinvent their ethical lives anew.The lives and works of the philosophers discussed in this book were caught up this sea-change. Bernard Williams, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch, ... En savoir plus

    $32.79 CAD

  • Killing the Second Dog

    par Marek Hlasko ...
    Traduit par Tomasz Mirkowicz ...
    Marek Hlasko is enjoying a revival, with three books published in the past year and at least two more planned for 2014-15.Hlasko was a rebel icon, the James Dean of Eastern Europe, and his prose is the perfect mixture of grit and reflection.Hlasko has a cult following and is being taught more than ever in universities.Of interest to readers of Jewish literature, as the story takes place in 1950s ... En savoir plus

    $10.69 CAD

  • Death in Venice

    par Thomas Mann ...
    Traduit par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    Collections series Pushkin Press Classics
    **A sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man’s downfall; another classic from the author of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.“Probably the greatest of modern German novelists.” ― The New York Times**One of the pre-eminent works of modern European literature, this enthralling story of desire, beauty and infatuation follows the erudite, respectable writer Gustav ... En savoir plus

    $13.59 CAD

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  • Love and Enchantment

    Three Stories

    par Thomas Mann ...
    Traduit par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    Collections series Pushkin Press Classics
    **3 of Thomas Mann’s most gorgeous, subtle stories of love and conflict, in sparkling new translations, from the author of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN and DEATH IN VENICE.“The greatest German novelist of the 20th century.” ― Spectator**This triptych of stories represents some of the finest work by the great German master, Thomas Mann. His matchless understanding of character, subtle ironies and layered ... En savoir plus

    $14.39 CAD

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  • Nietzsche in Turin

    The End of the Future

    par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    Beautifully packaged reissue of the vividly lyrical biography of Nietzsche that John Banville called 'a major intellectual event'In 1888, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche moved to Turin. This would be the year in which he wrote three of his greatest works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, and Ecce Homo; it would also be his last year of writing. He suffered a debilitating nervous breakdown in ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Futurist Cookbook

    par Filippo Tommaso Marinetti ...
    Traduit par Suzanne Brill, Suzanne Brill ...
    Collections series Penguin Modern Classics
    Both madcap cookbook and manifesto on Futurism, Marinetti's exuberant and entertaining book has been described as one of 'the best artistic jokes of the century'No other cultural force except the early twentieth-century avant-garde movement Futurism has produced a provocative work about art disguised as an easy-to-read cookbook. Part manifesto, part artistic joke, Fillippo Marinetti's The Futurist ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Meaning of Mourning

    Perspectives on Death, Loss, and Grief

    par Lesley Chamberlain, Douglas Davies, Matthew Dougherty, Cathy Mason, Anthony O'Hear, Alexander Stoddart, Raymond Tallis, Jerry Valberg, Amber Leigh Griffioen, Balázs M. Mezei, Eleonore Stump, Richard Conrad, John Cottingham, Colin Murray Parkes, Roger Scruton ...
    Grief is a universal human response to death and loss. Mourning is an equally universally observable practice that enables the bereaved to express their grief and come to terms with the reality of loss. Yet, despite their prevalence, there is no unified understanding of the nature and meaning of grief and mourning. The Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death, Loss, and Grief brings together ... En savoir plus

    $42.99 CAD

  • Street Life and Morals

    German Philosophy in Hitler’s Lifetime

    par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    German philosophy, famed for its high-minded Idealism, was plunged into crisis when Germany became an urban and industrial society in the late nineteenth-century. The key figure was Immanuel Kant: seen for a century as the philosophical father of the nation, Kant seemed to lack crucial answers for violent and impersonal modern times.This book shows that the social and intellectual crisis that ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • Duino Elegies, Deluxe Edition

    The original English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West - reissued for the first time in 90 years

    par Rainer Maria Rilke, Vita Sackville-West ...
    Traduit par Vita Sackville-West, Edward Sackville-West ...
    The first-ever English translation of Rilke’s landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West – reissued for the first time in 90 yearsIn 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke’s ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Lenin's Private War

    The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia

    par Lesley Chamberlain ...
    In 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals – mostly philosophers, academics, scientists and journalists – to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD