Stan Persky: 2 books
Reading the 21st Century
Books of the Decade, 2000-2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In wide-ranging and innovative criticism, Stan Persky examines international non-fiction and fiction to engage with both the triumphs and tensions of reading and writing today. Evaluating works by established authors Philip Roth, Orhan Pamuk, J.M. Coetzee, and José Saramago, as well as emerging writers...
Post-Communist Stories
About Cities, Politics, Desires
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
In the midst of the sweep of history, it’s easy to anticipate that the events of twenty-five years ago might soon be lost to memory. We might forget why any of it mattered. In such conditions, it’s the responsibility of those of us who, among other things, write for the record, to use the occasion...