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A Savage War of Peace by Alistair Horne
$39.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: New York Review Books Classics
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were ...Show more
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber
$24.95 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: New York Review Books Classics
In 1884, the distinguished German jurist Daniel Paul Schreber suffered the first of a series of mental collapses that would afflict him for the rest of his life. In his madness, the world was revealed to him as an enormous architecture of nerves, dominated by a predatory God. It became clear to Schreber ...Show more
The Unknown Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac
$33.00 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: New York Review Books Classics
One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, The Unknown Masterpiece is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius-or both. The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cezanne, Henry James, Picasso, an ...Show more
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