Living Classics

Author : Polina Barskova
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681376601
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Pictures written by Polina Barskova and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant collection of short pieces about the author's hometown, St. Petersburg, Russia, and the siege of Leningrad that combines memoir, history, and fiction. Living Pictures refers to the parlor game of tableaux vivants, in which people dress up in costume to bring scenes from history back to life. It’s a game about survival, in a sense, and what it means to be a survivor is the question that Polina Barskova explores in the scintillating literary amalgam of Living Pictures. Barskova, one of the most admired and controversial figures in a new generation of Russian writers, first made her name as a poet; she is also known as a scholar of the catastrophic siege of Leningrad in World War II. In Living Pictures, Barskova writes with caustic humor and wild invention about traumas past and present, historical and autobiographical, exploring how we cope with experiences that defy comprehension. She writes about her relationships with her adoptive father and her birth father; about sex, wanted and unwanted; about the death of a lover; about Turner and Picasso; and, in the final piece, she mines the historical record in a chamber drama about two lovers sheltering in the Hermitage Museum during the siege of Leningrad who slowly, operatically, hopelessly, stage their own deaths. Living Pictures introduces a startlingly daring and original new voice from world literature.

Author : S. J. Harrison
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019157113X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Classics written by S. J. Harrison and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores the extensive use of Latin and Greek literary texts in a range of recent poetry written in English. It contains both contributions from poets, who include Tony Harrison, Seamus Heaney, and Michael Longley, talking about their uses of classical literature in their own work in lyric poetry and in theatre poetry, and essays from academic experts on the same topics. Living Classics asks why contemporary poets are returning to making versions of and allusions to Greek and Roman literature in their work, and interrogates the parallel interest of modern classical scholars in the contemporary reception of classical texts.

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Publisher : Leisure Arts
ISBN 13 : 1464703124
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Publisher : Leisure Arts
ISBN 13 : 1464703108
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Living Classics Snacks for Children, Vegetarian written by and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Botsford Comstock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents written by Anna Botsford Comstock and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dave Sim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736860502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Author : Epictetus
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062273760
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Living written by Epictetus and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into practice the ninety-three witty, wise, and razor-sharp instructions that make up The Art of Living, readers learn to meet the challenges of everyday life successfully and to face life's inevitable losses and disappointments with grace.

Author : Beatriz Milhazes
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614289565
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Life by Sig Bergamin written by Beatriz Milhazes and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architect and designer Sig Bergamin is known for his eclectic vision and vivid interiors that are the perfect mélanges of chic. A constant traveller, Bergamin loves collecting treasures wherever he goes—totems that inspire and evolve his craft. He is also an avid art collector, a tendency that comes across in each of his meticulously designed spaces, where Warhols, Hirsts and Lichtensteins are seamlessly blended with minimalist and maximalist decor from around the world.

Author : Emma Goldman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486225449
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living My Life written by Emma Goldman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of the early radical leader and her participation in communist, anarchist, and feminist activities

Author : Richard Headstrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781633340435
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Living Year (Yesterday's Classics) written by Richard Headstrom and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A month by month account of the pageant of nature that can be observed outside your door, all through the year from snowfall in January to hibernation in December. The highlights of each month are recounted, along with background information about the particular insects, birds, trees, flowers, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates, or fish that are featured. Each chapter concludes with a list of natural events to watch for during that month. A great book to read slowly over the course of a year.