Description: LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSJuly 22nd, 2010, Volume 32, Number 14 The London Review of Books is a British, fortnightly published magazine of literary, political and social commentary essays written by well-known authors, historians and academics. Typically the essays are long, well-researched, sometimes controversial, but always interesting. Exhibitions, film releases and book reviews are also covered, and each issue features a couple of poems. These back issues offer a great insight into the events and upheavals, political and social, global and local, that were occuring at the time. In this issue:James Meek - The Death of Tolstoy: Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station, 1910 by William Nickell; The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy translated by Cathy Porter; A Confession by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Anthony Briggs; Anniversary Essays on Tolstoy by Donna Tussing Orwin Michael Wood - At the Movies - Breathless directed by Jean-Luc GodardAndrew Cockburn - Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions by Joy GordonJamie McKendrick - Poem: ‘Epithets’Tariq Ali - Not Crushed, Merely Ignored: Death in KashmirLinda Colley - A Mad, Bad & Dangerous People? England 1783-1846 by Boyd Hilton; Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld, 1780-1939 by James BelichFerdinand Mount - Edward Heath by Philip ZieglerCharles Glass - Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War Two by Ben MacintyreAdam Phillips - True Friendship: Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht and Robert Lowell under the Sign of Eliot and Pound by Christopher RicksDaniel Soar - Short Cuts: SpiesClancy Martin - The Collected Stories of Lydia DavisDeborah Friedell - Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck’s Life in China by Hilary SpurlingNick Holdstock - Burning BooksTom Shippey - The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings by Robert FergusonDavid Carpenter - Richard II: Manhood, Youth and Politics, 1377-99 by Christopher FletcherThomas Sugrue - The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After by Steven GillonPeter Campbell - At the National Gallery: FakesR.W. Johnson - Diary: World Cup Diary 40 pages The magazines are large-format, measuring approximately 38cm by 27cm. They have been folded, and will be sent folded. Condition: The magazine has previously been folded (and will be sent folded). Generally the condition is very good, showing light reading wear and some minor creasing. The magazine pictured is the one you will receive. I accept returns, and if you’d like further information, please ask!DR 027 _gsrx_vers_1677 (GS 9.8.1 (1677))
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Country Of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Publication Name: London Review of Books
Language: English
Publication Month: July
Publication Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Fiction
Genre: Literature
Publication Frequency: Biweekly
