Description: LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSOctober 8th, 2015, Volume 37, Number 19 The London Review of Books is a British, fortnightly published magazine of literary, political and social commentary essays written by well-known authors, historians and academics. Typically the essays are long, well-researched, sometimes controversial, but always interesting. Exhibitions, film releases and book reviews are also covered, and each issue features a couple of poems. These back issues offer a great insight into the events and upheavals, political and social, global and local, that were occuring at the time. In this issue:Neal Ascherson - London Fog: The Biography by Christine Corton Daniel Trilling - What to do with the people who do make it across?Colm Tóibín - The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds by Martha Feldman; Portrait of a Castrato: Politics, Patronage and Music in the Life of Atto Melani by Roger FreitasMartin Monahan - Poem: ‘Costume’Adam Smyth - ‘Brief Lives’ with ‘An Apparatus for the Lives of Our English Mathematical Writers’ by John Aubrey, edited by Kate Bennett; John Aubrey: My Own Life by Ruth ScurrJenny Diski - Promises aren’t always keptRoss McKibbin - The Anti-CandidateDinah Birch - Another Mother’s Son by Janet DaveyNick Richardson - Short CutsStefan Collini - Father and Daughter: Patriarchy, Gender and Social Science by Ann OakleyBrian Dillon - At the Royal Academy: Ai WeiweiFrancesca Wade - Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte GordonLeofranc Holford-Strevens - The Origins of Grammar: Language in the Light of Evolution by James HurfordGhaith Abdul-Ahad - Some Tips for the Long-Distance TravellerJames Meek - Diary: Real Murderers! - Ilya Khrzhanovsky - Dau 48 pages The magazines are large-format, measuring approximately 38cm by 27cm. They have been folded, and will be sent folded. Condition: The magazine has previously been folded (and will be sent folded). Generally the condition is very good, showing light reading wear and some minor creasing. The magazine pictured is the one you will receive. I accept returns, and if you’d like further information, please ask!DR 027 _gsrx_vers_1677 (GS 9.8.1 (1677))
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Country Of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Publication Name: London Review of Books
Language: English
Publication Month: October
Publication Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Fiction
Genre: Literature
Publication Frequency: Biweekly
