Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 45 No. 23
Selected by the Bookshop
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From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin comes ‘a glorious fantasy’ (Neil Gaiman) – a story of culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City. The sequel to the critically…
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“As Zadeh concludes, reformers and modernists have closed the rich and varied archive revealed in Wonders and Rarities…In this beautifully written and engaging text, Zadeh takes his readers back to the world of surprise…
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What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome’s worst emperor. ‘Buy the book; it’s very entertaining.’ David…
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Translated by Michael HofmannThe long-awaited memoir by the legendary filmmaker and celebrated author. Told in Werner Herzog's inimitable voice, this is the story of his epic artistic career, as inventive and daring as anything he has done…
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The new novel about the present, the past, and the slippage between private and public life—from a writer who has ‘like Proust, mastered the art of the moment.’ (Hilary Mantel) ‘A mysterious, subtle, haunting…
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I entered the church...It struck me suddenly that all this crowd of men and women standing all round, these priests chanting and moving about the altar, were dead...Vernon Lee was a polymath whose copious writings include deeply learned…