‘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
(author)
£25.00
Edition:Hardback978152661465018/03/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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The Czech creative spirit seen through an atmospheric portrait of his friend, the artist Vladimir Boudnik.
The Gentle Barbarian
Paperback £11.99 -
As entertaining as it is fascinating: it turns out the poet's ancestors were quite an act to follow. (He did!)
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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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In this inspired recreation of her parents' hopes and lives, MW has created a vivid memoir of post-war childhood and adventure in Cairo, Italy and London.
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir
Hardback £16.99