The first novel by this great Russian author is about buried feelings, early love and youth, approached tangentially by badinage between two old friends.
A letter and a beautiful woman sweep a young hothead from Whitechapel to Constantinople on the eve of the Crimean War; there is a trail of bodies, but so far not his... A lively debut.
After graduating in Germany in 1939, FH was sent as an archivist to Paris, where he documented ordinary life throughout the war. He vanished in Berlin in 1945 and this is the first publicati... read more
A slim volume on life and thought of one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. It ranges over her dramatic life, her love affair with Martin Heidegger, exile, Eich... read more