A memoir of the artist and of the author's friendship with him, part biography, part art criticism. Their friendship and this book cover the latter part of Guston's life, when his late work ... read more
Hannah Arendt's first book was about one of the most important and complicated figures in German romanticism, although her gender and Jewishness set her uneasily amongst her contemporaries.
Includes 'Egyptian Nights', 'Dubrovsky' and 'History of the Village of Goriukhino'; Pushkin's great-grandfather is thought to be the model for Ibrahim, the former slave of the title. A new t... read more
A young woman, abandoned by her family, embarks on a process of emancipation as she moves to more tolerant margins. This partly autobiographical novel was first published in Japan in 1980.
The first English translation of a masterpiece of modern Austrian literature, set in the early C20th and first published in 1951. Vienna and her surrounding woods and hills embrace a motley ... read more
Excellent anthology of fairy tales by Oscar Wilde, Hans Christian Andersen, Eleanor Mordaunt et alia selected by the Provensens and with their glorious, old-fashioned illustrations. Out of p... read more