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My Autobiography [Buy it!] | Charles Chaplin | USD 23.00 (Fri May 24 01:07:22 2024) | Abebooks | Kennys Bookstore | ISBN10: 0141011475, ISBN13: 9780141011479, [publisher: Penguin Classics] Softcover 2003. New Ed. Paperback. Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. This autobiography constructs the poor London childhood and his prodigious life in the movies. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003] |
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Visions of Desire: Tanizaki's Fictional Worlds (Stanford Series in Philosophy) [Buy it!] | Ken K. Ito | USD 115.80 (Fri May 24 01:07:04 2024) | AbebooksUK | Joseph Burridge Books | ISBN10: 0804718695, ISBN13: 9780804718691, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover First Edition viii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Summary:No Japanese writer was more obsessed with desire than Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965). This book argues that Tanizaki's novels do not merely end in the reification and contemplation of cultural ideals but rather problematize the desire behind such ideals. [Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991] |