The Book Of Illusions
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The Book Of Illusions
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Author : Paul Auster
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2008-09-04
The Book Of Illusions written by Paul Auster and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with Fiction categories.
The Book of Illusions, written with breath-taking urgency and precision, plunges the reader into a universe in which the comic and the tragic, the real and the imagined, and the violent and the tender dissolve into one another. One man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. After losing his wife and young sons in a plane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in grief. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a lost film by silent comedian Hector Mann, and remembers how to laugh . . . Mann was a comic genius, in trademark white suit and fluttering black moustache. But one morning in 1929 he walked out of his house and was never heard from again. Zimmer's obsession with Mann drives him to publish a study of his work; whereupon he receives a letter postmarked New Mexico, supposedly written by Mann's wife, and inviting him to visit the great Mann himself. Can Hector Mann be alive? Zimmer cannot decide - until a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes the decision for him, changing his life forever. 'A nearly flawless work . . . Auster will be remembered as one of the great writers of our time.' San Francisco Chronicle 'Auster's elegant, finely calibrated The Book of Illusions is a haunting feat of intellectual gamesmanship.' TheNew York Times
The Book Of Illusions
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Author : Paul Auster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Book Of Illusions written by Paul Auster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Absence and presumption of death categories.
In this rich and emotionally charged work, a man's obsession with a silent film star sends him on a journey into a shadowy world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love.
The Great Book Of Optical Illusions
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Author : Al Seckel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Great Book Of Optical Illusions written by Al Seckel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Games & Activities categories.
Selection of over 280 optical illusions from historical and modern sources.
Melancholy And The Archive
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Author : Jonathan Boulter
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-05-19
Melancholy And The Archive written by Jonathan Boulter and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Melancholy and the Archive examines how trauma, history and memory are represented in key works of major contemporary writers such as David Mitchell, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami and Jose Saramago. The book explores how these authors construct crucial relationships between sites of memory-the archive becomes a central trope here-and the self that has been subjected to various traumas, various losses. The archive-be it a bureaucratic office (Saramago), an underground bunker (Auster), a geographical space or landscape (Mitchell) or even a hole (Murakami)-becomes the means by which the self attempts to preserve and conserve his or her sense of history even as the economy of trauma threatens to erase the grounds of such preservation: as the subject or self is threatened so the archive becomes a festishized site wherein history is housed, accommodated, created, even fabricated. The archive, in Freudian terms, becomes a space of melancholy precisely as the subject preserves not only a personal history or a culture's history, but also the history of the traumas that necessitates the creation of the archive as such.
The End Of Illusions
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Author : Andreas Reckwitz
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2021-06-28
The End Of Illusions written by Andreas Reckwitz and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-28 with Social Science categories.
We live in a time of great uncertainty about the future. Those heady days of the late twentieth century, when the end of the Cold War seemed to be ushering in a new and more optimistic age, now seem like a distant memory. During the last couple of decades, we’ve been battered by one crisis after another and the idea that humanity is on a progressive path to a better future seems like an illusion. It is only now that we can see clearly the real scope and structure of the profound shifts that Western societies have undergone over the last 30 years. Classical industrial society has been transformed into a late-modern society that is molded by polarization and paradoxes. The pervasive singularization of the social, the orientation toward the unique and exceptional, generates systematic asymmetries and disparities, and hence progress and unease go hand in hand. Reckwitz examines this dual structure of singularization and polarization as it plays itself out in the different sectors of our societies and, in so doing, he outlines the central structural features of the present: the new class society, the characteristics of a postindustrial economy, the conflict about culture and identity, the exhaustion of the self resulting from the imperative to seek authentic fulfillment, and the political crisis of liberalism. Building on his path-breaking work The Society of Singularities, this new book will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, politics, and the social sciences generally, and to anyone concerned with the great social and political issues of our time.
The Master Of Illusions
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Author : Sandro Del-Prete
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2008
The Master Of Illusions written by Sandro Del-Prete and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
A collection of illusions by Sandro Del-Prete, each illustration is accompanied by a description.
The Palace Of Illusions
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Author : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2009-02-10
The Palace Of Illusions written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-10 with Fiction categories.
Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga. Married to five royal husbands who have been cheated out of their father's kingdom, Panchaali aids their quest to reclaim their birthright, remaining at their side through years of exile and a terrible civil war. But she cannot deny her complicated friendship with the enigmatic Krishna—or her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands' most dangerous enemy—as she is caught up in the ever-manipulating hands of fate.
The Science Of Illusions
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Author : Jacques Ninio
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2001
The Science Of Illusions written by Jacques Ninio and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Psychology categories.
A specialist in visual perception, Ninio (Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, Paris) presents many classic and new illusions, explains the underlying logic of the various types, and suggests their value for neurological and physiological research. He does not provide an index. La Science des Illusions was published in 1998 by Editions Odile Jacob. Philip has translated widely from the French, including an autobiography of Francois Jacob. c. Book News Inc.
Optical Illusions
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Author : Gianni Sarcone
language : en
Publisher: QEB Publishing
Release Date : 2018-03-15
Optical Illusions written by Gianni Sarcone and has been published by QEB Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Fool your brain with mind-boggling illusions, then get hands-on and make your own to wow your friends! Learn all about the science behind these wacky phenomena, from moving liquid on a page, to shapes that disappear in front of your eyes with this clever guide. The brain is an amazing thing, but it doesn't always get things right when it comes to sight. This book is here to explain why, with astounding images, baffling puzzles, and simple reveals which show the reader how each trick works. Covering a range of optical topics, from shapes and movement, to light and reflection, this cool manual contains templates at the back which reveal answers and help you to create your own astounding illusions.
The Ultimate Book Of Optical Illusions
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Author : Al Seckel
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Release Date : 2006
The Ultimate Book Of Optical Illusions written by Al Seckel and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
Contains color and black-and-white illustrations of over three hundred optical illusions, each with brief, explanatory text.