This captivating book presents a uniquely comprehensive cultural history of cabaret, where the most radical of artists, poets, writers, musicians, and theatre directors have gathered since 1881. Lisa Appignanesi takes us to the original cabaret - the smoke-filled rooms of the Chat Noir in Paris that served as a meeting place for the avant-garde ...
In this sequel to the successful "Paris Requiem," Marguerite de Landois again finds herself embroiled in a mystery--this time involving her husband, the Count de Landois.
The term 'postmodernism' is ubiquitous in current cultural debate, but its meanings are difficult to grasp. This is consistent with the deconstructed, fragmented, fleeting versions of the world to which postmodernist cultural commentators allude. This book provides an excellent survey of the main areas of discourse and issues within postmodernism.
Karl Bazinger, a sophisticated Wehrmacht officer, lives the high-life in occupied Paris until he attracts the attention of the SS. Requesting a transfer to the Eastern front sets him off on a journey into a very different experience of war.
Paris 1899. The city is a glittering hub of fin-desiecle activity. Theatres and galleries are vibrant with artistic energy. The new metro is under construction, and so is the site for the centennial Universal Exhibition. But there is also violent political upheaval. The Dreyfus Affair has released a riotous surge of anti-semitism. Asylums and ...
Lisa Appignanesi was born Elsbieta Borenztejn in Poland. Unlike other Holocaust survival memoirs, hers is the story of how the nucleus of the family survived outside the camps, beyond the ghetto and eventually made it to the new world - but still faced anti-semitism in post-war Catholic Quebec.
This brave and brilliantly researched intellectual history chronicles the relationship between women and mental illness since 1800, taking readers on a fascinating journey through the fragile, extraordinary human mind. 5 illustrations.
Maria d'Este is effortlessly beautiful. Her seductive power has attracted men and worldly success in equal measure. In ordinary women's lives, she is the dreaded "other woman". But now Maria has to face the destructive side of her allure and begins to realize the price is too high.
This collection charts the rise of French ideas as they have influenced British culture. It offers a guide to the history of structuralist and post-structuralist concepts in philosophy, literature, marxism, feminism, history and psychoanalysis. The book grew out of a discussion series and conference held at London's ICA following the death of ...
This brave and brilliantly researched intellectual history chronicles the relationship between women and mental illness since 1800, taking readers on a fascinating journey through the fragile, extraordinary human mind. 5 illustrations.
There was an array of extraordinary women in Freud's life: his sister-in-law, Minna - his closest intellectual confidante, if not more; Anna, his brilliant daughter; and finally Freud's female followers, including Lou Andreas Salome, Princess Marie Bonaparte and Helene Deutsch, who made psychoanalysis the first profession in which women have ...
As a writer, Sigmund Freud has affected powerful views on women. No one has been so vilified, both for his theories of the feminine, and for his alleged elevation of personal prejudice to the level of universality. Libertarian, old-fashioned moralist, Victorian patriarch, prophet of polymorphous perversity - these are only some of the charges ...
Bruno Lind is on a mission, though he may not know it. Irene Davies knows she is, but isn't sure it's the right one. Both of them are haunted by the legacy of a tangled history of love and war. Lind becomes the detective of his own unexplored life. He retraces those experiences of WWII, of refugee camps and migration. They take him to Poland and ...
In this collection of essays leading scientists debate the limits, future, and scope of science. Contributors include: John Maynard Smith, Brian Goodwin, Richard Dawkins, Patrick Bateson, Patrick Wall, Margaret Boden, Joan Safran, John Taylor, Richard Gregory, Janet Sayers, Tom Blundell, Hilary Rose, Alwyn Smith and James Watson.
An intriguing, compulsive romantic thriller from the highly acclaimed author of A Good Woman and Memory and Desire. How well do you know the person you're married to? Cambridge. Tessa and Stephen's marriage is quietly foundering. She wants a baby, but seemingly cannot have one. Stephen, an introverted scientist, will not talk about it. Tessa can ...
In autumn 1934, Dr Jacob Jardine glimpses a figure from his deepest imaginings - Sylvie Kowalska. Despite himself he is drawn into a troubled erotic world in which the past haunts the present.
London, 1985. Helena Latimer is a journalist and campaigner for Green issues. She is free to follow her convictions, for she has no family. But at an environmental conference, she meets Max Bergmann, a guru of the conservation movement. By the author of "Memory and Desire".
This is a chilling and psychological thriller is about why some men love woman yet are ready to kill them. The author unravels the intricacies of human relationships while exploring with raw honesty the irrational reasons behind sexual jealousy. Madeleine has a deep-rooted suspicion of men, she is found dead, suicide? or murder?
Set in a world of competing therapies, this psychological thriller examines the meaning of friendship and the values of intimacy between friends. When journalist Isabel Morgan disappears, colleagues see it as another gambit in an ever-dramatic life. But her closest friend, Leo, is filled with a sense of dread. Something terrible has happened....
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