The Czech creative spirit seen through an atmospheric portrait of his friend, the artist Vladimir Boudnik.
The Gentle Barbarian
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£11.99
Edition:Paperback978081122858902/03/2021
Categories: 04. Books for the New Year 2021: Fiction, Books for the New Year 2021, Fiction
Tag: Biography: writers
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A good new book on the Bloomsbury group and its visual aesthetic - the Omega Workshops and photography as well as their artistic contributions as painters, models, collectors and critics; in... read more
The Bloomsbury Look
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There have been many books on Plath, but this is in fact the first full biography. Sensitive and perceptive, it navigates both the controversies and poetry with skill.
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Joan Leigh Fermor's biographer turns to Eddy Sackville-West, Desmon Shawe-Taylor and Eardley Knollys and the unusual salon they created at Long Crichel in Dorset, where Nancy Mitford, Benjam... read more
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'Orientalism', the Barenboim-Said Foundation, the East-West Divan orchestra, 20 honorary degrees, umpteen prizes: there is much to say about this clever, cultivated, humane man.
Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said
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