Ursule Mirouet
Honore de Balzac and Donald Adamson
Book
In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac described Ursule Mirouet as the masterpiece of all the...
King Jesus
Book
Robert Graves's controversial historical novel is a bold reworking of the story of Christ. Here...
Moon Lake
Book
'"Watch out for the mosquitoes," they called to one another, lyrically because warning wasn't any...
Pachinko
Book
Read an exclusive author interview Busan, Korea 1911: A club-footed, cleft-lipped man...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard...
Don't Let Me be Lonely: An American Lyric
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The award-winning poet's powerful exploration of an America ever more unable to process its own...
Excellent Women
Alexander McCall Smith and Barbara Pym
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Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend,...
Cinema and its Discontents: The Dialectical Nature of Character
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The ultimate aim of drama is to expose the soul of Character. Dramatists achieve this objective by...
Wayfaring Stranger
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When 16-year-old Weldon Avery Holland encounters the notorious Bonnie and Clyde in his Texas...
Death Proof (2007)
Movie Watch
Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) is a professional body double who likes to take unsuspecting women for...