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Overview
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
The U.S. publication of A Book of Memories in 1997 introduced to our shores the work of an extraordinary novelist, P ter N das. Now, in Fire and Knowledge, a superb collection of short stories, essays, and literary criticism, we discover other aspects of N das's major presence in European life and letters: as a trenchant commentator on the events that have transformed Europe since 1989, as a stunning literary critic, and as a subtle interpreter of language and politics in societies both free and unfree. Here, in full, is a rich and rewarding compilation of brilliantly original, touching, witty, and thought-provoking works by one of our greatest living writers.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780312427511
- ISBN-10: 0312427514
- Publisher: Picador USA
- Publish Date: July 2008
- Dimensions: 8.32 x 5.56 x 0.72 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.71 pounds
- Page Count: 400
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