London Review of Books

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  Año 2019, Vol. 41, Número 24

  • Me by Elton John

    Colm Tóibín

    págs. 3-6

    

  • Letters

    pág. 4

    

  • King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet Nelson

    CHARLES WEST

    Es reseña de:

    • King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne

      Janet Nelson

      Allen Lane, 2019

    págs. 7-8

    

  • ‘What Is a Nation?’ and Other Political Writings by Ernest Renan, translated and edited by M.F.N. Giglioli

    Stefan Collini

    Es reseña de:

    • ‘What Is a Nation?’ and Other Political Writings

      M.F.N. Giglioli (ed. lit.), M.F.N. Giglioli (trad.)

      Columbia, 2018

    págs. 9-10

    

  • Corridors: Passages of Modernity by Roger Luckhurst

    David Trotter

    Es reseña de:

    • Corridors: Passages of Modernity

      Roger Luckhurst

      Reaktion, 2019

    págs. 11-12

    

  • ‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret’: George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon by Mary Thompson

    Eric Foner

    Es reseña de:

    • ‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret’: George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

      Mary Thompson

      Virginia, 2019

    págs. 13-15

    

  • What next for Bolivia?

    Tony Wood

    págs. 14-15

    

  • Face It by Debbie Harry

    Jenny Turner

    Es reseña de:

    • Face It

      Debbie Harry

      HarperCollins, 2019

    págs. 17-19

    

  • At the Wallace Collection: East India Company Commissions

    Inigo Thomas

    pág. 19

    

  • The Man who Wrote the Perfect Novel: John Williams, ‘Stoner’ and the Writing Life by Charles Shields / Nothing but the Night by John Williams

    Christopher Tayler

    Es reseña de:

    • The Man who Wrote the Perfect Novel: John Williams, ‘Stoner’ and the Writing Life

      Charles Shields

      Texas, 2018

    • Nothing but the Night

      John Williams,

      NYRB, 2019

    págs. 21-24

    

  • Poem: ‘Medusa in Venice’

    Rebecca Tamás

    pág. 24

    

  • Some people never expect to be expected

    Penelope Fitzgerald

    págs. 25-26

    

  • Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature, 1939-51 by D.J. Taylor

    Ysenda Maxtone Graham

    Es reseña de:

    • Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature, 1939-51

      D.J. Taylor

      Constable, 2019

    págs. 27-29

    

  • Short Cuts: Life on Licence

    Harry Stopes

    págs. 28-29

    

  • Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring

    Charles Nicholl

    Es reseña de:

    • Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist

      Elizabeth Goldring

      Yale, 2019

    págs. 31-34

    

  • At the Jeu de Paume: Peter Hujar

    Brian Dillon

    pág. 32

    

  • Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World edited by Elizabeth Morrison, with Larisa Grollemond

    Tom Shippey

    Es reseña de:

    • Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World

      Elizabeth Morrison (ed. lit.), Larisa Grollemond (ed. lit.)

      Getty, 2019

    pág. 35

    

  • Diary: A Whiff of Tear Gas

    John Lanchester

    págs. 36-37