Lit
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David Ivison: Why I Am Not An Anarchist
What are the limits of anarchist understanding? A vivid look at the current problem from 1972.
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Makanin’s Asan: Dark myth of in Chechnia
Asan is less a book about Russia’s Chechen battles and more of an unsatisfied, jittery novel that shows how war pushes participants and observers to piece together narratives that explain or justify actions.
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Coincidence and Miracle: Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai’s latest novel, War & War, follows his greatest texts, blending perspectives and enunciations to create a humorous universe with a baron and scientist, recombining infinity and finiteness.
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From father to son, immutable violence – on The son of the man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
The Son of Man depicts violence transmitted from person to person without denouncing the paternal figure.
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Ian McEwan’s new book, Lessons: Global events penetrate individual lives
Ian McEwan has returned with another literary novel filled with an intimate portrayal of a single man’s life as he experiences intense historical moments.
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[Louis-Ferdinand Céline] Here comes the War
Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s Guerre [War] published in Gallimard’s Blanche collection.
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[Kurt Vonnegut] Fiction, clothes and stage magic
To remember Kurt Vonnegut, about magic and fiction.
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Words from a Wider World: Julián Fuks
Julián Fuks, one of Brazil’s rising literary talents, has won or been nominated for a clutch of prestigious prizes and seen his work translated into more than 10 languages. His novel, Resistance, is an examination of family, identity, belonging and different forms of exile.