Kitsch: The World of Bad Taste
By: Gillo Dorfles
3.82
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
Text: English, Italian (translation)
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By: Fredric Jameson , Stanley Fish , Stefano Velotti
4.00
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
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By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment
4.12
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3.75
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4. The Tender Bar: A Memoir
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3.99
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3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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6. Story of the Eye
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3.66
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7. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
By: Daniel Goleman
4.05
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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8. Nadja
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3.55
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"...with the end of my breath, which is the beginning of yours."-André Breton, Nadja
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4.11
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3.99
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"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
11. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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12. Poor Things
By: Alasdair Gray
3.94
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
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"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
13. Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity
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4.16
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
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14. A Girl's Story
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3.89
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4.17
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
16. Quando eravamo i padroni del mondo
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3.52
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17. Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
By: Byung-Chul Han
4.09
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"İkinci Aydınlanma salt verilerle işleyen bilginin devrimidir."-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
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"Günümüzün üretim tarzını niteleyen birilikte çalışan 'çokluk' (Multitude) değil, yalıtılmış, kendiyle kavga eden, kendini gönüllü olarak sömüren girişimcinin yalnızlığıdır (Solitude)."-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
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4.26
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19. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
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4.02
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20. Kitsch: The World of Bad Taste
By: Gillo Dorfles
3.82
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
Text: English, Italian (translation) read more
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