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1. Paul Bowles. Collected Stories and Later Writings

Author

Lewis, Tom J.

Subjects
Collected Stories and Later Writings (Book) -- Bowles, Paul -- Halpern, Daniel, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

Paul Bowles. Collected Stories and Later Writings. Daniel Halpern, ed. New York. Library of America. 2002. xi + 1062 pages. $40. ISBN 1-931082-20-0 THREE YEARS after his death in 1999, [...]

Published
2003

2. Valley of the (Steps) dolls

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
Powys, Wales -- Economic aspects, Business success -- Social aspects, Literature/writing, Political science, Market trend/market analysis, Review of past year, Economic aspects, Social aspects, Forecasts and trends
Abstract

The five members of the former pop super-group Steps stand beneath the vaulted ceiling of the former Builth Wells Baptist Church, a little askew on the shelf of an old [...]

Published
2009

3. Legendy Nevskogo Prospekta

Author

Lewis, Tom J.

Subjects
Legendy Nevskogo Prospekta (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

At the end of this collection of short stories and mini-short stories, Mikhail Veller openly declares that he will never again return to Leningrad. And for a good reason: the [...]

Published
1997

4. Peace on Earth

Author

Lewis, Tom J.

Subjects
Peace on Earth (Novel) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

Fans of Stanislaw Lem will enjoy Peace on Earth, but they will not derive from it the sense of wonder that came with The Invincible, Solaris or His Master's Voice. [...]

Published
1996

5. Highcastle: A Remembrance

Author

Lewis, Tom J.

Subjects
Highcastle: A Remembrance (Autobiography) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

Unlike most autobiographies, which explore the life of the autobiographer in relation to other people, Stanislaw Lem's 'remembrance' examines his life in relationship to man-made objects. As he explains, it [...]

Published
1996

6. Why attacking Iraq made strategic sense

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Analysis, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary, Analysis
Abstract

THERE IS a Principle of War which can be gainfully employed to argue support for the political decision to attack Iraq. The Principles, taught in military colleges around the world, [...]

Published
2004

7. Retiring Rhodri

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
Public officers -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Literature/writing, Political science, Appointments, resignations and dismissals
Abstract

Rhodri Morgan, Wales's First Minister, will mark his 70th birthday on 28 September by-announcing that he is stepping down after nine years at the helm. That is, if all goes [...]

Published
2009

8. Once and Then, Morris Gleitzman

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
Once and Then (Novel) -- Gleitzman, Morris -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Penguin, 246pp, £7.99 Ten-year-old Felix is a renowned storyteller; in his world, things happen for the most extraordinary reasons. And it is his voice that leads us through Morris Gleitzman's [...]

Published
2009

9. The Einstein Girl, Philip Sington

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
The Einstein Girl (Novel) -- Sington, Philip, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Harvill Secker, 400pp, £12.99 ' People think that Albert Einstein's work is all about distant stars and galaxies,' a character says towards the end of Philip Sington's second solo novel. [...]

Published
2009

10. When Skateboards will be free: my reluctant political childhood Said Sayrafiezadeh

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
When Skateboards Will Be Free: My Reluctant Political Childhood (Autobiography) -- Sayrafiezadeh, Said, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

When Skateboards Will Be Free: My Reluctant Political Childhood Said Sayrafiezadeh Hamish Hamilton, 287pp, £14.99 Said Sayrafiezadeh's first book is a lovely memoir. Born to an Iranian father and Jewish-American [...]

Published
2009

11. Pygmy, Chuck Palahniuk

Author

Lewis, Tom

Subjects
Pygmy (Novel) -- Palahniuk, Chuck -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Jonathan Cape, 256pp, £12,99 Described as Palahniuk's 'most ambitious novel' since Fight Club came out, Pygmy confirms that Palahniuk has never quite recovered from the pop-culture bombshell the earlier book [...]

Published
2009

12. RUSSIAN

Author

Merlin, Lara, MacFadyen, David, Lewis, Tom J., Radley, Philippe D., Dukas, Vytas, and Mozur, Jr., Joseph P.

Subjects
How It All Began: The Prison Novel (Book), Alka, Allochka, Alla Borisovna (Book), Literary Exorcisms of Stalinism: Russian Writers and the Soviet Past (Book), Na fone Kormil'tsa (Book), Unna (Book), Literary Translation in Russia: A Cultural History (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

Fiction Natal'ia Asenkova. Na fone Kormil'tsa. Tenafly, N.J. Hermitage. 1997. 111 pages. $9. ISBN 1-55779-096-5. The unnamed title character of Na fone Kormil'tsa, a grand forefather of Russian classical literature [...]

Published
1998

13. Scene from the Movie Giant

Author

Lewis, Tom J.

Subjects
Scene from the Movie Giant (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

In a roadside diner in Texas a fistfight breaks out between the owner and a customer. The owner is attempting to remove a Spanish-speaking customer from his diner when another [...]

Published
1995

14. In Touch: The Letters of Paul Bowles

Author

Lewis, Tom J.

Subjects
In Touch (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing
Abstract

Paul Bowles's writing is becoming recognized as one of the most important bodies of work produced in this century. His novels and short stories take readers into geographic terrain that [...]

Published
1994

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