Wakefield Press
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Art, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Zalman Shneour’s inaugural novel: a story of suicide in the form of a diaryIn a Yiddish take on Notes from Underground, a dark love affair develops in an unnamed Eastern European city between the young,…462 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
"Take it with you to any cafe in any city, and Perec will be both your drinking partner and your tour guide, drawing your attention to each little detail coming and going.†–Ian Klaus, CityLabOne…429 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Drama and Poetry, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
A previously untranslated gem of Surrealist prose poetry from the acclaimed French novelistIn 1941, Julien Gracq, newly released from a German prisoner-of-war camp, wrote a series of prose poems that would come to represent the…429 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offers a cruel portrait of a beautiful but corrupt city-state and its equally…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
Satirical yet prophetical advertisements for imaginary new products, influential to Marcel Duchamp and Francis PicabiaOriginally published in book form in 1916, this volume of French author Gaston de Pawlowski’s (1874–1933) writings, New Inventions and the…462 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
A shocking and transgressive work from one of the key figures of postwar Japanese fictionYumiko Kurahashi''s 1963 novella Scorpions takes the form of a transcript of a one-sided interview with L following the arrest and…396 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
A compilation of 16 rigorous, eccentric essays commissioned by the German founder of psychophysics The original 1824 German publication of Stapelia Mixta united a bevy of eccentric proposals, meditations and displays of consciously excessive learning…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
A philosophical fable from a great forgotten German fabulistBilled by its author--the pseudonymous Mynona (German for “anonymous†backward)--as “the most profound magical experiment since Nostradamus,†The Creator tells the tale of Gumprecht Weiss, an intellectual…413 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Sternberg’s rule-breaking, genre-defying novel upends the humdrum workday world A nameless employee stands outside the door to an office, hesitating to enter because he is five minutes late. This banal opening then launches into a…495 Kč KoupitArt, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
This classic surrealist photobook pioneered the imagery of the domestic uncannyFirst edited and published by Marcel Marien in 1968 in a limited edition of 230 copies, half a year after Paul Nougé’s death, The Subversion…429 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
“A captivating exercise in intriguing symbolism.†—John Taylor, Times Literary SupplementWhen Jean Maleux, a young sailor, is appointed assistant keeper of the Ar-Men lighthouse off the coast of Brittany, he is drawn into a dark…495 Kč Koupit
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