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Much Depends On Dinner

by Margaret Visser

“Fascinating . . . Margaret Visser is a gifted informal writer, and these chapters combine a wealth of unusual information with extreme readability. . . . In short, Visser whetted…

The Hidden War

by Artyom Borovik

“[A] remarkable book . . . Borovik manages to convey an intimate sense of the war in Afghanistan with the novelist’s eye for the telling image. . . . Borovik…

River Road to China

by Milton Osborne

…it is historically illuminating . . . A tale of heroism that has seldom been duplicated, spurred by the continuing, fatal attraction of the “Great River.” ” –The New Republic

Journey to the Alcarria

by Camilo José Cela

…outside the novel, in travel sketches and essays. . . . The best-known and most charming of Cela’s travel sketches is Journey to the Alcarria.” –Christopher Maurer, The New Republic

I Shot Andy Warhol

by Mary Harron

…. . . Harron comprehends and dramatizes the milieu through which Solanas moved and also understands that this eccentric woman had glints of real perception.” –Stanley Kauffman, The New Republic

Krapp’s Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces

by Samuel Beckett

…. . Beckett has fashioned a vehicle for himself in drama and prose that allows him to be romantic and irreverent at one and the same instant.” –The New Republic

Collected Poems in English and French

by Samuel Beckett

…we recognize from his drama in prose. Like some ‘death-mask of unrivalled beauty,” Beckett’s poetry offers us a very unexpected detour into the formalities of lyrical structure.” –The New Republic

Ivan Klíma

…copies as people lined up to buy them for the first time in his native language. In 1990, Klíma was elected president of The Czech Republic’s PEN Club. He has…

The Harder They Come

by Michael Thelwell

…authentic and evocative portrait of the Jamaican poor–the rich and sustaining vernacular of their culture, the sheer heroism of their economic existence–that I have seen.” –Jarvis Anderson, The New Republic

The Cherry Orchard (Mamet)

by Anton Chekhov

…point of departure. If nothing else, it will help to undermine our silly critical notions of ‘definitive’ Chekhov. Mamet has made me rethink the play.” —Robert Brustein, The New Republic