Results for: books tagged ‘East vs West’
Selected Plays: 1984-1987: Vaclav Havel
The plays in this volume, which complements Selected Plays 1963-1983, are Largo Desolato, Temptation and Redevelopment in versions by Tom Stoppard, George Theiner and James Saunders respectively. Their themes are ... More
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
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
Ashes for Breakfast: Durs Grunbein
Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grünbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, 'the best refuge was ... More
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