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Late Fame (Paperback)
Arthur Schnitzler; Translated by Alexander Starritt
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Discovery Miles 2 480
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Winner of the Newbery Honor: the delightful tale of a wandering
good samaritan dog, by the author of Shrek! Dominic has decided it
is time for a change. So he packs up his hats and his piccolo, and
sets off into the unknown. But no sooner does he feel the air on
his snout and the grass beneath his paws, than disaster strikes: he
encounters the dreaded Doomsday Gang. But Dominic is not one to
complain - and nor is he one to lose a fight. As legend of his
victory over the villains spreads, more and more creatures turn to
him for help: a 158-year-old turtle, a heartbroken wild boar, and a
family of grateful geese all encounter Dominic's heroism and
generosity. But his trials are far from over: the Doomsday Gang is
alive and kicking, and how can one young dog face a mob of
hooligans alone? "Steig's books are like perfect smooth stones,
complete in themselves, with no seams to be found... he always has
the skill to bring together what seems to be a lot of
spur-of-the-moment choices and make them into stories that land so
perfectly and satisfyingly and feel so inevitable in their endings"
- Jon Klassen, author of This Is Not My Hat
The best of Pushkin Press on Venice, the iconic city. Beautifully
designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats and exclusive to Pushkin
Press, this box set contains the Venice literature must-reads: the
contrasting voices of Paul Morand, Regis Debray, Henry James,
Arthur Schnitzler and Petr Kral on the city which leaves no-one
indifferent. Contains: Venices by Paul Morand, Loving Venice, by
Petr Kral, Against Venice by Regis Debray, Letters from the Palazzo
Barbaro by Henry James, Casanova's Return to Venice by Arthur
Schnitzler. EXCLUSIVE TO THIS BOXSET: The first ever translation
from Antal Szerb's The Third Tower, the travelogue which gave birth
to Journey by Moonlight. Szerb's notes on Venice are translated by
award-winning Len Rix. 'I cannot imagine a happier Christmas
present for any lover, or loather, of Venice' - Jan Morris 'All
lovers of Venice who also love good writing should have the Pushkin
Press's In Search of Venice, a handsome boxed set of six books on
the city, including Henry James's Letters From the Palazzo Barbaro,
a delightful pamphlet by Antal Szerb, as well as Regis Debray's
contrarian Against Venice' -John Banville, Wall Street Journal
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Dream Story (Hardcover)
Arthur Schnitzler; Introduction by Frederic Raphael; Translated by J.M.Q. Davies
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R240
R192
Discovery Miles 1 920
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions
of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest
writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take
us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England
to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on
the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and
printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile
cloth and stamped with foil. Like his Austrian contemporary Sigmund
Freud, the doctor and writer Arthur Schnitzler was a bold pioneer
in exploring the dark tangled roots of human consciousness. His
novella Dream Story tells the tale of a young married man who,
after a discussion with his wife about their fantasises,
experiences an eery reverie through Vienna's underbelly.
Arthur Schnitzler described Reigen, his loose series of sexual
sketches, as "completely unprintable, " and indeed its premiere in
1921 spurred an obscenity suit. It was only when Max Ophuls made
his famous film in 1950 that the work became better known as La
Ronde. Now David Hare has reset these circular scenes of love and
betrayal in the present day, with a cast of two actors playing a
succession of characters whose sexual lives enmesh like a daisy
chain. The Blue Room is a meditation on men and women, sex and
social class, actors and the theater. With deft insight about the
gap between the sexes, The Blue Room takes the treacherous Freudian
subject of projection and desire and reinvents it in a bittersweet
landscape that is both eternal and completely up-to-date.
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Dream Story (Paperback)
Arthur Schnitzler; Introduction by Frederic Raphael; Translated by J.M.Q. Davies
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Arthur Schnitzler is probably most famous for La Ronde, a play too scandalous to publish or perform in his own lifetime but whose daisy-chain of couplings inspired both Max Ophuls's classic film and David Hare's modernized version, The Blue Room, which played to sell-out audiences in the West End and on Broadway. Dream Story is an equally erotic work, in which a married couple are first traumatized and then achieve a new depth of understanding by confessing to each other their sexual fantasies, dream-like adventures and might-have-beens ... Taking us on a guided tour of Vienna's seedy cafés, red-light district, decadent villas, hospitals and morgue, Schnitzler brilliantly uncovers the violence and depravity lurking beneath the surface of civilized society. Dream Story is the inspiration for the film Eyes Wide Shut, co-written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael.
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Leutnant Gustl
Redaktion Gröls-Verlag; Arthur Schnitzler
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R689
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Leutnant Gustl
Redaktion Gröls-Verlag; Arthur Schnitzler
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Playing With Love (Liebelei)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Arthur Schnitzler, P. Morton Shand
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R831
Discovery Miles 8 310
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