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  • French Guiana

    Memory Traces of the Penal Colony

    by Patrick Chamoiseau, Rodolphe Hammadi ...
    Translated by Matt Reeck ...
    Hailed by Milan Kundera as "an heir of Joyce and Kafka," Prix Goncourt winner Patrick Chamoiseau is among the leading Francophone writers today. With most of his novels having appeared in English, this book opens a new window on his oeuvre. A moving poetic essay that bears witness to the forgotten history of the French penal colony in French Guiana, French Guiana—Memory Traces of the Penal Colony ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anthropocene Communism

    Land and Capital in the Age of Disaster

    by Paul Guillibert ...
    Translated by Matt Reeck ...
    How communism can inform the ecological revolutionIn Anthropocene Communism, the philosopher and activist Paul Guillibert proposes a brand-new communism for life: biocommunism. With the aid of this system, he hopes to move us beyond the ecological crisis of late capitalism. In a highly original reading of Karl Marx’s exchanges with the populist ‘terrorists’ in Russia and informed by the cultural ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 89 Words followed by Prague, A Disappearing Poem

    by Milan Kundera ...
    Translated by Matt Reeck ...
    Two newly translated works from one of the greatest literary writers and thinkers of the modern age, available together in English for the first time.Translating a work from its original language can be complicated; it’s a complex art that can easily mar and twist the intent and meaning of a writer’s words. Precise translations were of particular importance to Milan Kundera, who did not live to ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ethics of Description

    The Anthropological Dispositif and French Modern Travel Writing

    by Matt Reeck ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Travel Writing
    Ethics of Description: The Anthropological Dispositif and French Modern Travel Writing follows the development of a minor tradition in French literature where metropolitan authors traveling abroad demonstrate their awareness of the ethical conundrums of representing world peoples. During the colonial–modern era, currents of anthropological thought and representational practice are identifiable ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Class Warrior—Taoist Style

    by Abdelkéir Khatibi ...
    Translated by Matt Reeck ...
    Series series Wesleyan Poetry Series
    Abdelkébir Khatibi (1938 – 2009) is one of the most important writers and thinkers to emerge from North Africa in the second half of the twentieth century. Though not widely known beyond the Francophone world, Khatibi's critical and creative works speak to the central concerns of postcolonial and postmodern life. Offered here in English for the first time, his long poem from 1976, Le lutteur de ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Selected Satire

    Fifty Years of Ignorance

    by Shrilal Shukla, Matt Reeck ...
    Selected Satire: Fifty Years of Ignorance brings together about 20 satire pieces of eminent Hindi writer, Shrilal Shukla. Most noted for his novel Raag Darbari, for which he received the Sahitya Akademi Award, Shukla also wrote several collections of satirical essays and short stories. The pieces in this volume include his socio-political and cultural satires, where he caricaturizes politicians, ... Read more

    $2.51 USD

  • Mirages of the Mind

    by Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi ...
    Translated by Matt Reeck, Aftab Ahmad ...
    A hilarious and nostalgic account of twentieth-century Muslim life on the Indian subcontinentBasharat and his family are Indian Muslims who have relocated to Pakistan, but who remain deeply steeped in the nostalgia of pre-Partition life in India. Through Mirages of the Mind’s absurd anecdotes and unforgettable biographical sketches—which hide the deeper unease and sorrow of the family’s journey ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Black Skin, White Masks

    by Frantz Fanon ...
    Translated by Richard Philcox ...
    The new translation of the classic work by the author of Wretched of the Earth: "A strange, haunting mélange of analysis [and] revolutionary manifesto" ( Newsweek).Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. This new translation by Richard Philcox makes Fanon ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Reading bande dessinee

    Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip

    by Ann Miller ...
    The increasing popularity of bande dessinee, or French-language comic strip, means that it is being established on university syllabuses worldwide. Reading Bande Dessinee provides a thorough introduction to the medium and in-depth critical analysis with focus on contemporary examples of the art form, historical context, key artists, and themes such as gender, autobiography and postcolonial culture ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • When in French

    Love in a Second Language

    by Lauren Collins ...
    A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier—a surprising turn of events for someone who didn’t have a passport until she was in college. But what does it mean to love someone in a second language? Collins wonders, as her relationship with Olivier continues to grow entirely ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Illuminations

    Essays and Reflections

    by Walter Benjamin, Leon Wieseltier ...
    Translated by Henry Zohn ...
    Essays and reflections from one of the twentieth century's most original cultural critics, with an introduction by Hannah Arendt.Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and Brecht's epic ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Straight Mind

    And Other Essays

    by Monique Wittig ...
    These political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of theoretical writing from the acclaimed novelist and French feminist writer Monique Wittig.“Among the most provocative and compelling feminist political visions since The Second Sex. These essays represent the radical extension of de Beauvoir’s theory, its unexpected lesbian future. Wittig’s theoretical insights are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD