Sari: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Mar-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231219051)
Informed by a provocative exhibition at the Louvre curated by the author, The Severed Head unpacks artistic representations of severed heads from the Paleolithic period to the present. Informed by a provocative exhibition at the Louvre...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Feb-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691266268)
From the acclaimed author of Blue and other color histories, the beautifully illustrated story of pink, from the first ancient pigments to BarbiePink has such powerful associations today that it’s hard to imagine the color co...Loe edasi...
Sari: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Nov-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231211345)
Marcel Proust once wrote, There is no longer anybody, not even myself, since I cannot leave my bed, who will go along the Rue du Repos to visit the little Jewish cemetery where my grandfather, following a custom that he never understood, went for s...Loe edasi...
Sari: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Nov-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231211352)
Marcel Proust once wrote, “There is no longer anybody, not even myself, since I cannot leave my bed, who will go along the Rue du Repos to visit the little Jewish cemetery where my grandfather, following a custom that he never understood, went for so...Loe edasi...
The first full-length English translation of this celebrated French writer of the twentieth century, a penetrating and encompassing collection of her last works touching on death, domesticity, nature, language itself, and-always-the body--...Loe edasi...
A number one best seller in France, Second Star is a series of lyrical meditations on lifes smallest moments, from peeling a clementine, drinking a cold mojito, or washing your windows-- A #1 bestseller in France, Second Star is...Loe edasi...
Michel Pastoureau, Jody Gladding, Roland Betancourt
Sari: The History of a Color
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Jan-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691243498)
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to todayAs a pigment, white is often thought to represent an absence of color, but it is without doubt...Loe edasi...
Covering almost 8 percent of the earths terrain, lichens are living beings which are familiar to everyone, known to no one. They are one of those organisms that seem to offer nothing to hold our gaze. But the more time we spend with lichens, the...Loe edasi...
Covering almost 8 of the earth’s terrain, lichens are living beings which are familiar to everyone, known to no one. They are one of those organisms that seem to offer nothing to hold our gaze. But the more time we spend with lichens, the more...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Sep-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691238951)
An innovative and inviting book of poems about the places where language and landscape converge In this strongly visual and environmentally engaged collection, award-winning poet and translator Jody Gladding explores landscape as a source...Loe edasi...
This collection is one of two manuscripts recently chosen by Susan Stewart for the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets, which is dedicated to publishing the best work of todays emerging and established poets. We publish one to two titles per yea...Loe edasi...
Sari: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Dec-2021, Hardback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231203326)
Julia Kristeva embarks on a wide-ranging and stimulating inquiry into Dostoyevsky’s work and the profound ways it has influenced her own thinking. Reading across his major novels and shorter works, Kristeva offers incandescent insights into the poten...Loe edasi...
A found address book leads to discoveries about the private life and world of the enigmatic artist Dora Maar-- Merging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar (1907...Loe edasi...
A captivating literary and historical record, Jean Gionos Occupation Journal offers a glimpse into life in collaborationist France during the Second World War, as seen through the eyes and thoughts of one of Frances greatest and most inde...Loe edasi...
Sari: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Dec-2019, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231179874)
Album provides an unparalleled look into Roland Barthess life of letters. It presents a selection of correspondence, from his adolescence through the last years of his life. The first English-language publication of Barthess letters, Albu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Nov-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691198255)
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the presentIn this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau—a renowned authority on the history of color and the author of cele...Loe edasi...
“On the border between silence and language, the message and the truth. This novel is a tribute to the liberating power of literature.” —JURY CITATION, PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS DE LA FRANCOPHONE...Loe edasi...
Sari: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Feb-2018, Hardback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231179867)
Album provides an unparalleled look into Roland Barthess life of letters. It presents a selection of correspondence, from his adolescence through the last years of his life. The first English-language publication of Barthess letters, Albu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jan-2018, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231153577)
Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolfs relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends recently uneart...Loe edasi...
