Literary
Literary works linger long after the last page, weaving together rich language, complex characters, and ideas that stretch across history, philosophy, and the human condition. Here you'll find everything from ancient epics and timeless plays to sweeping historical narratives and thoughtful guides that illuminate how great writing works its quiet magic.
Literary Book Summaries
Samarkand
A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.
Samarkand
A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Terror produces the sublime. Smoothness and delicacy produce the beautiful. Two instincts, not one.
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Terror produces the sublime. Smoothness and delicacy produce the beautiful. Two instincts, not one.
The Iliad / The Odyssey
We know nothing of Homer. So his epics became a mirror every civilization fills with itself.
The Iliad / The Odyssey
We know nothing of Homer. So his epics became a mirror every civilization fills with itself.
Lezioni di letteratura russa. Gogol', Turgenev, Dostoevskij, Tolstoj, Čechov e Gor'kij nelle lezioni di un grande maestro
Nabokov on Russian masters: art alone matters, not message. Dostoevsky fails, Gogol soars.
Lezioni di letteratura russa. Gogol', Turgenev, Dostoevskij, Tolstoj, Čechov e Gor'kij nelle lezioni di un grande maestro
Nabokov on Russian masters: art alone matters, not message. Dostoevsky fails, Gogol soars.
