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THE UNSEEN

THE UNSEEN

By Nanni Balestrini (Verso 1989, 2011)

A novel of passionate political rebellion grounded in 1970s Italy, and with renewed resonance for today.


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CORRESPONDENCE: GEORGES BATAILLE, MICHEL LEIRIS

CORRESPONDENCE: GEORGES BATAILLE, MICHEL LEIRIS

Edited by Louis Yvert (Seagull Books, 2008)

Four decades of correspondence between two of Surrealism’s most radical dissidents.


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IN SEARCH OF PAUL GAUGUIN

IN SEARCH OF PAUL GAUGUIN

By Jean-LucCoatalem (Weidenfeld, 2004)

A biography that follows in the painter’s footsteps, from France to Denmark to the South Seas.


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ARTEMISIA: THE STORY OF A BATTLE FOR GREATNESS

ARTEMISIA: THE STORY OF A BATTLE FOR GREATNESS

By Alexandra Lapierre (Chatto & Windus, 2000)

A novelised biography of the 17th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi.


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BORN JEWISH: A CHILDHOOD IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

BORN JEWISH: A CHILDHOOD IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

By Marcel Liebman (Verso, 2005)

Liebman tells the story of his family’s struggle to survive the terrors and persecution they faced in occupied Belgium.


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A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN BEINGS

A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN BEINGS

By Raoul Vaneigem (Pluto Press, 2003)

A new, updated declaration of human rights by a founding figure of the Situationist movement.


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MURDER IN MEMORIAM

MURDER IN MEMORIAM

By Didier Daeninckx (Serpent’s Tail, 1991, 2005)

A detective story that confronts France’s hidden history of political crimes, by its leading left-wing mystery writer.


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FLORIA TOSCA

FLORIA TOSCA

By Paola Capriolo (Serpent’s Tail, 1997)

Capriolo rewrites the plot of Puccini’s opera as a fable of perverse obsession.


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A MAN OF CHARACTER

A MAN OF CHARACTER

By Paola Capriolo (Serpent’s Tail, 2000)


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THE WOMAN WATCHING

THE WOMAN WATCHING

By Paola Capriolo (Serpent’s Tail, 1998)


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MY PARENTS

MY PARENTS

By Hervé Guibert (Serpent’s Tail, 1993)

Autobiography flows into fiction in Guibert’s elegant and poignant account of family conflicts.


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INFANCY & HISTORY: ESSAYS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF EXPERIENCE

INFANCY & HISTORY: ESSAYS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF EXPERIENCE

By Giorgio Agamben (Verso,1993)

A profound and radical exploration of language, infancy and everyday life by the Italian philosopher.


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THE MARQUISE DE SADE

THE MARQUISE DE SADE

By Rachilde (Dedalus, 1994)

See my non-fiction page to read Rachilde’s Women.


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MONSIEUR VENUS

MONSIEUR VENUS

By Rachilde (Dedalus, 1992)


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