Cultural Amnesia

Clive James

RRP: £14.99

Publisher: PICADOR

Publication Date : 04/04/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Subtitled, "Notes In The Margin Of My Time". A lifetime in the making, this book from the eminent and popular journalist and author is organised from A to Z and contains over 100 essays. It's the ultimate guide to the 20th century, illuminating the careers of its greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists and philosophers. Includes pieces on Ludwig Wittgenstein, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust. 'A gigantic book on a gigantic theme' "Sunday Times"

Publisher's description:

A guide to the twentieth-century, illuminating the careers of many of its greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists and philosophers, such as Louis Armstrong, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust.

ISBN: 9780330418867