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1	Sodom and Gomorrah more books like this by Marcel Proust, Professor Christopher Prendergast (Editor), John Sturrock (Translator) In CITIES OF THE PLAIN (also known as SODOM AND GOMORRAH), Marcel continues his forays into the aristocratic society into which he has finally been admitted, finding satisfaction but a growing disillusionment as well, and is both fascinated and repelled by the world of the flamboyant homosexual Baron de Charlus, and reports on the intricate, ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Species of Spaces and Other Pieces more books like this by Georges Perec, John Sturrock (Translator) This generous selection of Georges Perec's nonfiction, the first to appear in English, features ingenious contemplations on the ways in which we occupy urban and domestic space, engrossing accounts of his experiences with psychoanalysis, depictions of the Paris of his childhood, thought-provoking examinations of the "infra ordinary" -- the ... see all copies from $6.64! new only from $8.00!
3	Selected Poems and Letters (Rimbaud, Arthur): Parallel Text Edition with Plain Prose Translations of Eachpoem more books like this by Arthur Rimbaud, John Sturrock (Translator), Jeremy Harding (Translator) Arthur Rimbaud was one of the wildest, most uncompromising poets of his age, although his brief literary career was over by the time he was twenty-one when he embarked on a new life as a trader in Africa. This edition brings together his extraordinary poetry and more than a hundred of his letters, most of them written after he had abandoned ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.00! \| SVS
4	Structuralism and Since: From Levi Strauss to Derrida more books like this by John Sturrock (Editor) Provides an overview of the theories of Claude Levi-Strauss, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, and Jacques Derrida. see all copies from $3.32! first editions
5	The Oxford Guide to Contemporary Writing more books like this by John Sturrock (Editor) Keeping track of contemporary writing is by its nature difficult. What are the recent developments in Chinese or Israeli fiction? What has happened to poetry in Russia since the fall of Communism? Are we even up to date with the best novels or plays of English-speaking countries round the world? Every year, so much is published which we feel we ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions
6	Heartsnatcher by Boris Vian Originally published in 1953, HEARTSNATCHER is crammed with eccentrics, among them Timortis, a psychiatrist whose own dull life prompts him to appropriate the dreams of his more interesting patients, and a paranoid housewife named Clementine who almost literally smothers her triplets with maternal devotion. The novel is French writer Boris Vian's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.38! \| first editions \| SVS
7	La modification. more books like this by Michel Butor see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.53! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Structuralism more books like this by John Sturrock Structuralism is a powerful movement in the human sciences which has had a lasting impact and the influence across a broad range of academic disciplines. Part of the "Paladin Movements and Ideas" series, this book traces the intellectual roots of structuralism, dating from the early part of this century in the linguistic theories of Saussure and ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $19.84! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Word from Paris: Essays on Modern French Thinkers and Writers more books like this by John Sturrock (Introduction by) French writing and French thought have always been held in a certain glamorous esteem. For young, radical philosophers of the 1960s searching out intellectual enlightenment in Left Bank cafes and bookshops, for serious-minded semiologists wishing to deconstruct everything around them, and for fans of the formal novel, France has remained a source ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.13! \| first editions
10	The Word from Paris: Essays on Modern French Writers and Thinkers more books like this by John Sturrock, Charles P Sturrock In this wide-ranging collection, Sturrock brings together his writings on literary figures as diverse as Marcel Proust and Roland Barthes, Sartre and Celine, Camus and Perec. see all copies from $4.94! new only from $12.00! \| first editions
11	Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Journey to the End of the Night more books like this by John Sturrock This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre, and will cumulatively form a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read ... see all copies from $7.93! new only from $17.40! \| first editions \| SVS
12	French Pyrenees more books like this by John Sturrock see all copies from $3.00! first editions
13	Le Palace more books like this by Claude Simon, John Sturrock see all copies from $5.69! new only from $52.55! \| first editions
14	Explosion in a Cathrdral more books like this by Alejo Carpentier, John Sturrock (Translator) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90!
15 view cover	Sensibility and Sense more books like this by John Sturrock, Richard Nelson In a weekend lakeside cabin three elderly representatives of the American intellectual left, friends and collegues in the Thirties, try to resolve in the Eighties the personal, sexual and ideological tensions that have come to bedevil their relationships. This plot is described in scenes counterpointed with others which take place in the same ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature more books like this by John Sturrock Keeping track of contemporary writing can be difficult. What are the recent developments in Chinese or Israeli fiction? What has happened to poetry in Russia since the fall of Communism? Are we even up to date with the best novels or plays of English-speaking countries around the world? Every year, so much is published which we feel we should know ... see all copies from $17.85!
17	The French New Novel: Claude Simon, Michel Butor, Alain Robbe-Grillet more books like this by John Sturrock see all copies from $14.00! first editions
18 view cover	The Winter Journey more books like this by Georges Perec, John Sturrock (Translator) One of a series of small-format books devoted to short texts. This tells of the discovery, by an academic, of widespread plagiarism in the literary world. Returning from National Service, the academic finds the book missing and embarks on a torturous quest for the missing evidence. see all copies from $73.69! new only from $73.69! \| first editions
19 view cover	Against Sainte-Beuve and other essays more books like this by Marcel Proust, John Sturrock These essays represent a vital episode in the intellectual development of Proust - without them, a full understanding of "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" would be incomplete. The best essays are the ones that date from 1908 - when Proust, aged 37, already felt that his life was drawing to a close, and the urgency of writing his masterpiece was ... see all copies from $52.47!
20 view cover	Structuralism: With an Introduction by Jean-Michel Rabate more books like this by John Sturrock, Jean-Michel Rabate (Introduction by) John Sturrock's classic explication of Structuralism represents the most succinct and balanced survey available of a major critical movement associated with the thought of such key figures as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan and Althusser. Originally celebrated for the way it negotiated a reasoned way between what were extremely impassioned ... see all copies from $78.88! new only from $78.88!
21	Paper Tigers more books like this by John Sturrock see all copies from $14.95! first editions
22	Farm modernisation and the countryside : The impact of increasing field size and hedge removal on arable farms. more books like this by Ford Sturrock see all copies from $12.41!
23	The Diary of John Sturrock, Millwright, Dundee, 1864-65 more books like this by John Sturrock John Sturrock's diary represents unique primary source material for students of Victorian Britain, at all levels. Topics which are well represented include: the ideology of "respectability", including self-help, thrift and charity; religion, work and workplace relations; injuries and illness; class and working-class consciousness; gender relations ... see all copies from $50.31! first editions
24	Gu-A de Las Letras y Autores Contemporneos by Cesar Lopez Cuadras, John Sturrock Compilacin y revisin de las literaturas ms relevantes del mundo y de su desarrollo en los ltimos cuarenta aos a partir de autores representativos de algo ms de una treintena de naciones. Incluye numerosas y acertadas citas de las obras aludidas, y han sido escritos por estudiosos profundamente ligados -cuando no directamente involucrados- a las ... see all copies from $147.95! new only from $147.95!

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