Results for: books tagged ‘Surrealism’
Un Chien Andalou: Luis Bunuel
Un Chien Andalou, the most influential of all surrealist films, has shocked, provoked and puzzled audiences and critics since its release in 1929.Luis Bunuel's first film was a collaboration with ... More
Raymond Roussel: Mark Ford
Compulsive writer and exquisite dandy Raymond Roussel was one of the most extraordinary literary figures of all time. He was born in 1877 and died in mysterious circumstances in 1933; ... More
Antonin Artaud: Stephen Barber
Lynch on Lynch: Chris Rodley
Now fully updated, Lynch on Lynch describes the career of a cinematic genius who has continued to astonish filmgoers with the lovely and life-affirming The Straight Story and the luxurious ... More
Lord Malquist and Mr Moon: Tom Stoppard
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORTom Stoppard's first novel, originally published in 1966 soon after the premiere of his runaway success, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, is a dazzling ... More
The Wild Goose Chase: Rex Warner
The Wild Goose Chase, published in 1937 and Rex Warner’s first novel, was a groundbreaking piece of fiction. The novel follows three brothers whose journey is a dazzling original political ... More
The Brazen Head: John Cowper Powys
In this panoramic novel of Friar Roger Bacon, John Cowper Powys displays his genius at its most fecund. First published in 1956, this novel, set in thirteenth-century Wessex, is an ... More
Stalin's Nemesis: Bertrand Patenaude
The story of one of the twentieth century’s most notorious political murders: the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Trotsky was the charismatic intellectual of the Russian Revolution, and a brilliant writer ... More
Collaborators: John Hodge
Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And ... More