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  • Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors

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    Series series Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
    A kaleidoscopic study of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.Melodrama, biography, cold war thriller, drug memoir, essay in fragments, and mystery, Thousands of Mirrors is cult critic Ian Penman’s long-awaited first full-length book: a kaleidoscopic study of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Written over a short period "in the spirit" of RWF, who would often get films made in a matter of weeks or months, Thousands ... Leer más

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  • Erik Satie Three Piece Suite

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    Series series Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
    A masterful study of the elusive French composer, on the centenary of his death.Composer, pianist, and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit, and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before surrealism and a conceptual artist before conceptual art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was ... Leer más

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  • The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings

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  • Rough Ideas

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    de Stephen Hough ...
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  • A Natural History of the Piano

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