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CRITIQUE:"[Revolution,] Counter-Revolution and Revolt"
This book is a Marxian analysis of political theory and practice concerning (American) capitalism, consumer society and politics during the period from 1968 to 1972.
At first, I wondered why the ti ...more "
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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
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So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”
― A Man Without a Country
The Kindred Spirits
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Roberto Bolano's "The Savage Detectives"
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Haruki Murakami's "1Q84"
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Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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The blurb asks the questions about Humbert Humbert: "Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is ...more
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