![]() ![]() When a man claiming to be his long-lost cousin comes to visit, Sukhanov finds himself sleeping on his couch, where, as dreams of his former life haunt him, his past may catch up with him for real. An enviable Moscow apartment, a dacha and a personal driver follow, but 12 years later, Sukhanov can no longer write, his wife and son know him for the sellout he is, and Gorbachev's ascension may mean the end of his sinecure. After starting out as an avant-garde artist, Sukhanov marries the daughter of an iconic Soviet painter, becomes a critic and quickly rises to editor-in-chief of Art of the World, an influential journal devoted to disparaging the Western art that once inspired him. ![]() So it goes for bitterly compelling antihero Anatoly Pavlovich Sukhanov, richly crafted in this debut novel by Russian migr Grushin. Even for a man on "the very best terms with the very best people," the Soviet Union on the eve of glasnost is a precarious place. ![]()
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![]() In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society. Smart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of “America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time.” (Rebecca Traister) “To say this collection is transgressive, provocative, and brilliant is simply to tell you the truth.” (Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist) “The author you need to read now.” ( Chicago Tribune) ![]() Recommended by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Book Riot, BuzzFeed, Bust, LitHub, The Millions, HelloGiggles, and UrbanDaddy ![]() ![]() ![]() He achieved popularity with Sternstunden der Menschheit (1928 The Tide of Fortune), five historical portraits in miniature. Zweig's essays include studies of Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky ( Drei Meister, 1920 Three Masters) and of Friedrich Hölderlin, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Nietzsche ( Der Kampf mit dem Dämon, 1925 Master Builders). Zweig's interest in psychology and the teachings of Sigmund Freud led to his most characteristic work, the subtle portrayal of character. Finding only growing loneliness and disillusionment in their new surroundings, he and his second wife committed suicide. In 1934, driven into exile by the Nazis, he emigrated to England and then, in 1940, to Brazil by way of New York. Zweig studied in Austria, France, and Germany before settling in Salzburg in 1913. He and his second wife committed suicide in 1942. ![]() Among his most famous works are Beware of Pity, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. 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I was not completely convinced until a few weeks ago when I saw it sitting next to another book at the library that I wanted. Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong had been on the radar for a while. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The main text of House of Leaves is written by an old man, Zampanò, who became obsessed with the film on its limited public release. The Navidson Record becomes a vérité horror film as Will and his friends try to explore the anomalous space, which rearranges itself periodically with a roar, and expands into terrifying volumes of darkness. And then, between two adjoining rooms, there opens up an impossible 10-foot hallway, black and icy. Navidson calls friends and borrows tools to try to eliminate the illusion, but it persists. While working on the house one day, Navidson discovers that it measures three quarters of an inch longer on the inside than on the outside. 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Turkish delight is known in Anatolia since the 15th century, but it became popular in the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've transferred most of these over from years of posts on Facebook where I also wrote a little bit about each post. If you have questions of any kind feel free to send an email to: NOTE: This is a blog where I just share images and things I like. His books include THE HIDDEN, DELPHINE, CAT BURGLAR BLACK, THE BLOODY CARDINAL, VIOLENT GIRLS, VIOLENZIA and Other Deadly Amusements, IN A GLASS GROTESQUELY, PECULIA, MAD NIGHT, THE CHUCKLING WHATSIT, THE GRAVE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER, HYPNOTIC TALES and several more. He has written and drawn a number of unusual graphic novels and has provided illustrations for a variety of clients all over the world. 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