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"From "a master of verbal burlesque [and] a connoisseur of psychological blackmail" (John Updike), Witold Gombrowicz's harrowing and hilarious pastiche of the Gothic novel, now in a new, authoritative English translation. Witold Gombrowicz is considered by many to be Poland's greatest modernist, and in The Possessed, he demonstrates his playful brilliance and astonishing range by using the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce a darkly funny...
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Lissie is the middle of three sisters, orphaned and taken in by their aunt and uncle. Both she and her older sister, Jenny, work in the family restaurant while pursuing their education and career dreams. When Lissie accidentally serves a dish containing shellfish paste to an allergic customer, she runs afoul of the wealthy Lin family. Their golden boy, Preston, star swimmer and Stanford Ph.D. student, is as handsome as he is self-righteous. Lissie...
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Searching for truth can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack in a world filled with information overload. But fear not, as we embark on this noble quest together!When analyzing critical issues, it is crucial to approach the task with an open mind and a discerning eye. We must be willing to dive deep into the facts and evidence, seeking clarity amidst the noise. It's like being detectives of truth, piecing together the puzzle of knowledge.By...
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«Juin 2018. J'effectue une entrevue sur les ondes de Radio-Canada avec l'écrivain Édouard Louis. On discute ensemble de son parcours de transfuge de classe. Mes parents sont à l'écoute. L'histoire de pauvreté économique, culturelle et politique des parents d'Édouard Louis les renverse tant elle ressemble à la leur. C'est un choc.
Plus tard, ma mère m'écrit ce message : "Ce que ton père pis moi on a vécu, y'a plein de gens d'ici qui...
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Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path.
1715, Eastham, Massachusetts: As the...
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Social class remains a fundamental presence in British life in the twenty-first century. It is woven into the very fabric of social and political discourse, undiminished by the end of mass industry; unaugmented despite the ascendancy of 'ordinary working people' and other substitute phrases. Absent from this landscape, however, is any compelling Marxist expression or analysis of class.
In Class Matters, Charles Umney brings Marxist analysis out...
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Research–driven and clearly written, bestselling economist Richard Florida addresses the growing alarm about the exodus of high–value jobs from the USA.
Today's most valued workers are what economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class. In his bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class, Florida identified these variously skilled individuals as the source of economic revitalisation in US cities. In that book, he shows that investment in...
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Diego saute d'un cinquième étage, et à partir de ce moment, l'image est gravée dans l'esprit de sa sœur : six secondes et un corps qui s'écrase contre le sol. Elle raconte l'histoire de sa relation à son frère : leur venue au monde dans un foyer o la vie n'était jamais belle, les années passées au Mexique avec leurs grands-parents pendant que leur mère cherchait une nouvelle vie en Espagne et qu'elle s'occupait de Diego alors qu'elle était...
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Au-delà des apparences, ce qui s'est principalement joué en mai 68, c'est essentiellement la remise en question fondamentale de la notion de différence. Cependant, soixante ans plus tard, la France n'a pas su tirer pleinement parti de cette évolution mentale, et cela a des conséquences graves, en particulier pour le système éducatif et la transmission culturelle. En réalité, notre jeunesse n'est ni suffisamment éduquée ni correctement instruite....
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This volume of letters, articles, and speeches displays the deep wisdom and varied concerns of this influential yet little-known Founding Father.
A physician and humanitarian from Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush was both a learned intellectual and a radical revolutionary. He was a signatory to the Declaration of Independence and a Continental Congress attendee. And unlike many of his more famous contemporaries, he was a early and vehement opponent of...
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Cotton made the fortune of the Fuda family, Egyptian landed gentry with peasant origins, during the second part of the nineteenth century. This story, narrated and photographed by a family member who has researched and documented various aspects of her own history, goes well beyond the family photo album to become an attempt to convey how cotton, as the main catalyst and creator of wealth, produced by the beginning of the twentieth century two entirely...
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***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***
'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones
'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie-at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' means precarity, anxiety and alienation.
Amelia...
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This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of the third volume of Capital, by Karl Marx, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and depth, escapes comprehension on a first reading.Whether you have already read the third volume of Capital or not, this essay will allow you to immerse yourself in each and every one of its meanings, opening a window to Marx's philosophical thought and...
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This book critically engages with the proliferation of literature on postcapitalism, which is rapidly becoming an urgent area of inquiry, both in academic scholarship and in public life. It collects the insights from scholars working across the field of Critical International Political Economy to interrogate how we might begin to envisage a political economy of postcapitalism.
The authors foreground the agency of workers and other capitalist subjects,...
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Britain's welfare state, one of the greatest achievements of our post-war reconstruction, was regarded as the cornerstone of modern society. Today, that cornerstone is wilfully being dismantled by a succession of governments, with horrifying consequences. The establishment paints pictures of so-called 'benefit scroungers', the disabled, the sickly and the old.
In Cut Out: Living Without Welfare, Jeremy Seabrook speaks to people whose support...
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History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future.
This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominids, hunters and herders; of emperors and slaves; of patriarchs and women; of rich and poor; of dictators and revolutionaries. From the ancient empires of Persia and Rome to the Russian Revolution, the Vietnam...
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The emergence of a new wave of anti-capitalist activism on the streets of Seattle, Prague and Genoa has been accompanied by a growing interest in "autonomist Marxism." Steve Wright's study brilliantly illuminates the history, complexity and internal debates of this tradition ... A vital, lucid contribution to understanding how the red threads of Marxism are being rewoven into the fabric of twenty-first century radicalism.'
Nick Dyer-Witheford, author...
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"A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity but is vanishing in our time. For over the past century and a half, and still more rapidly in the last seventy years, the worldhas become increasingly urban, and the peasant way of life-the dominant way of life for humanity since agriculture began well over 6,000 years ago-is disappearing. In this new history of peasantry,...
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