Instruch rated First as tragedy, then as farce: 4 stars
First as tragedy, then as farce by Slavoj Žižek
"In this take-no-prisoners analysis, [the author] frames the moral failures of the modern world in terms of the epoch-making events …
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Instruch rated Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens: 4 stars
László Krasznahorkai: Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens (2016)
Destruction and sorrow beneath the heavens by László Krasznahorkai
Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens is both a travel memoir and the chronicle of a distinct intellectual shift as …
Instruch rated Orientalism: 4 stars
Orientalism by Edward Said (Vintage)
In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated …
Instruch rated I Married a Communist: 3 stars
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
Radio actor Iron Rinn is a big Newark roughneck lighted by a brutal personal secret from which he is perpetually …
Instruch rated The power broker: 5 stars
The power broker by Robert A. Caro
Discusses the illusion that is a democracy by pointing out what real power looks like and where it comes from.
Instruch rated World Goes On: 4 stars
Instruch rated Tenth of December: 4 stars
Het diner by Herman Koch
Het diner is een roman uit 2009 van de Nederlandse auteur Herman Koch. Het diner gaat over vier ouders (twee …
Instruch rated The Savage Detectives: 4 stars
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
The Savage Detectives (Spanish: Los Detectives Salvajes) is a novel by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño published in 1998. Natasha …
Instruch rated No Longer Human: 4 stars
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of …
