Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 44 No. 14
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A vibrant account of both the sensuous cultural scene of postwar Paris and the life of an alluring icon of modern art.…
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In riveting prose, In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century.Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine and Poland by peasants, townsmen, and…
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THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2020 PRIX GONCOURT. 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD. AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON.'Just when you think you've worked it out . . . well, you probably haven't' DAILY MAIL'Mind-bending. Written with…
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The bizarre and little known story of how a hubristic Archduke became the puppet Emperor of Mexico – with tragic results and pivotal historical consequences for Europe and America.‘Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly…
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'One of the greatest European prose writers' Philip RothIn the autumn of 1965, Bohumil Hrabal bought a weekend cottage in the countryside east of Prague. There, until his death, he tended to an ever-growing, unruly community of cats. This…
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