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Mount Analogue
A beloved cult classic of Surrealism, Pataphysics and Gurdjieffian mysticism, Rene Daumal's Mount Analogue is the allegorical tale of an expedition to a mountain whose existence …
The Origin of the World
An exploration of desire by the French master Pierre Michon “A haunting, imagistic book, somehow both lush and spare.”—Martin Riker, Wall Street Journal This spare, …
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
An examination of the meaning of moral responsibility in literature and our everday lives suggests that we live in a violated world that dismisses taboos
La época de los banquetes
Durante la llamada Belle Époque, París se convirtió en el centro cultural del mundo. Un período en el que la relativa paz, los avances científicos, tecnológicos y las nuevas obras …
Selected Writings of Guillaume Apollinaire
The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust
The first new translation of Proust's stories in half a century includes six stories that have been translated into English for the first time. Original.
Proust's Way
For any reader who has been humbled by the language, the density, or the sheer weight of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Roger Shattuck is a godsend. Winner of the National …
Origin of the World
This spare, unforgettable novel is Pierre Michon's luminous exploration of the mysteries of desire. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a …
The Story of My Life: The Restored Classic
The story of Helen Keller, who triumphed over deafness and blindness and became a symbol of the indomitable human spirit, is now considered one of the hundred most important books …
Selected Writings
When Guillaume Apollinaire died in 1918 at the age of thirty-eight, as the result of a war wound, he was already known as one of the most original and important poets of his time. …
Proust's Binoculars
In this compact volume readers just beginning Proust's master work and those who are already enriched by it will become aware of a significance not unkown but only forgotten"--the …
Marcel Proust
The Description for this book, Marcel Proust, will be forthcoming.