Своеобразный антипод второй великой антиутопии XX века – «О дивный новый мир» Олдоса Хаксли. Что, в сущности, страшнее: доведенное до...
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When Matthew Lewis's "The Monk" was published in 1796, readers were shocked by this gripping and horrific novel. Lewis's story, which drove the House of Commons--of which he was a member--to deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot...
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After the international success of his collection of World War II newspaper articles, German Autumn—a book that solidified his status as the most promising and exciting writer in Sweden—Stig Dagerman was sent to France with an assignment to...
The Devil in the...