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New Directions paperbook volume 688
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English
Description
Baudelaire's classic work is presented through a compilation of distinguished English translations, with the original text in the book's second half.
3) Nausea
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English
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The story of a French writer who is horrified by his own existence. In impressionistic, diary form, he ruthlessly catalogues his every sensation.
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New Directions paperbook volume 109
Language
English
Description
Contains some of Miller's shorter prose writings, taken from the Paris books Black Spring (1936) and Max and the White Phagocytes (1938).
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English
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"Admired by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Dashiell Hammett, The Day of the Locust is one of Time magazine's Best 100 English-Language Novels. No book captures so perfectly the grungy fringes of Hollywood: out-of-work actors, stage parents, and film extras with big dreams. But it's the bit actress Faye Greener who steals the spotlight with her wildly convoluted ambitions: 'I'm going to be a star some day ? if I'm not, I'll commit suicide.'"...
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New Directions paperbook volume 1168
Language
English
Description
"Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite as his favorite began with a young woman's seductive description of Greece. Miller headed out with his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside: a flock...
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New Directions paperbook volume NDP 302
Language
English
Description
"In 1939, after ten years as an expatriate, Henry Miller returned to the United States with a keen desire to see what his native land was really like--to get to the roots of the American nature and experience. He set out on a journey that was to last three years, visiting many sections of the country and making friends of all descriptions. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare is the result of that odyssey." --Page 4 of cover.
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New Directions paperbook volume NDP217
Physical Description
xii, 238 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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New Directions paperbook volume NDP73
Language
English
Description
Under Milk Wood is the masterpiece "radio play for voices" Dylan Thomas finished just before his death in 1953. First commissioned by the BBC and broadcast in 1954, it has been performed and celebrated by Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, Elton John, Tom Jones, Catherine Zeta Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, and many others. In Under Milk Wood, Thomas gave fullest expression to his sense of the magnificent flavor and variety of life. A moving...
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New Directions paperbook volume no.59
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Description
256 pages.
Language
English
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New Directions paperbook volume 161
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Description
x, 404 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Miller's life on Big Sur, a section of California coast where he lived for fifteen years.
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New Directions paperbook volume 61
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Description
370 pages.
Language
English
Description
Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil are two supremely bored aristocrats during the final years before the French Revolution. Together they concoct a wildly wicked wager: If Valmont can successfully seduce the virtuous wife of a government official, Madame de Tourvel, then Madame Merteuil will sleep with him again. But Madame Merteuil also wants Valmont to conquer the young and innocent former convent schoolgirl, Cécile Volanges. Can he...
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New Directions paperbook volume no.74
Pub. Date
[1958]
Physical Description
93 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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