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False Papers

André Aciman Picador

In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure...

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The Bars of Atlantis

Selected Essays

Durs Grünbein; Edited by Michael Eskin; Translated from the German by John Crutchfield, Michael Hofmann, and Andrew Shields Farrar, Straus and Giroux

This landmark collection of essays by one of the world’s greatest living authors makes Durs Grünbein’s wide-ranging and multifaceted prose available in English...

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Writing in the Dark

Essays on Literature and Politics

David Grossman; Translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen Picador

Throughout his career, David Grossman has been a voice for peace and reconciliation between Israel and its Arab citizens and neighbors. In these six essays on...

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The Possessed

Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Elif Batuman Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

One of The Economist’s 2011 Books of the Year THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED—ABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!—TO THE RUSSIAN...

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National Books Critics Circle Awards - Nominee

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The Essays of Leonard Michaels

Leonard Michaels Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

Leonard Michaels was a writer of unfailing emotional honesty. His memoirs, originally scattered through his story collections, are among the most thrilling...

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Trade Paperback : $14.00 Buy	Camera Lucida Reflections on Photography Roland Barthes; Translated from the French by Richard Howard; Foreword by Geoff Dyer Hill and Wang A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucida was first published in 1979. Commenting on artists such as Avedon, Clifford, Mapplethorpe, and Nadar, Roland...

Hardcover : $27.00 Buy	Mythologies The Complete Edition, in a New Translation Roland Barthes; Translated from the French by Richard Howard Hill and Wang “No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis,” Roland Barthes wrote in his preface to Mythologies. There is no more proper instrument of...

Trade Paperback : $15.00 Buy	Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes Roland Barthes; Translated from the French by Richard Howard; Foreword by Adam Phillips Hill and Wang First published in 1977, Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes is the great literary theorist’s most original work—a brilliant and playful text, gracefully...

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Silk Parachute

John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks

A WONDROUS NEW BOOK OF MCPHEE’S PROSE PIECES—IN MANY ASPECTS HIS MOST PERSONAL IN FOUR DECADES The brief, brilliant essay “Silk Parachute,” which first...

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Pulphead

Essays

John Jeremiah Sullivan FSG Originals

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year 2011A Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction book of 2011A...

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Alibis

Essays on Elsewhere

Andre Aciman Farrar, Straus and Giroux

A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series...

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In Praise of Reading and Fiction

The Nobel Lecture

Mario Vargas Llosa; Translated by Edith Grossman Farrar, Straus and Giroux

On December 7, 2010, Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His Nobel lLecture is a resounding tribute to fiction’s power to inspire...

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Living, Thinking, Looking

Essays

Siri Hustvedt Picador

The internationally acclaimed novelist Siri Hustvedt has also produced a growing body of nonfiction. She has published a book of essays on painting (Mysteries...

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Jukebox and Other Writings

Peter Handke Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Peter Handke offers three intimate, eloquent meditations that map a self-reflexive journey from Alaska to the Austria of his childhood, while illuminating the...

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