East of Eden
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose...
The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)
The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable...
Alan Cheuse's Book Picks To Warm A Winter's Night
Book reviewer Alan Cheuse selects the highlights of this holiday season: futuristic dystopias; things that go bump in the night; portraits from Norman Rockwell's America; gay New York; a...
Jacques Lacan: My Teaching
Bringing together three previously unpublished lectures presented to the public by Lacan at the height of his career, My Teaching is a clear, concise introduction to the thought of the...
Adel Abdessemed, at SFAI
Examining the system of spectacle, French artist Adel Abdessemed works in video, animation, performance, and sculptural installation. Whether through the boldness of the memento mori or the...
Les Autres Hommes
By Michel Viotte Available on DVD 2006 - 90 mn Primitive art has long been relegated to the category of exotic bauble. To mark the opening of the Musée du Quai de Branly in Paris, a museum...
Reading the French New Wave: Critics, Writers and Art...
One of the most important movements in cinema history, the French New Wave of directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais not only revitalised French cinema, but permanently shifted...
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