Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century
The twentieth century has become history at an unprecedented rate. The world of 2007 is so utterly unlike that of even 1987, much less any earlier time, that we have lost touch with our immediate past even before we have begun to make sense of it
The twentieth century has become history at an unprecedented rate. The world of 2007 is so utterly unlike that of even 1987, much less any earlier time, that we have lost touch with our immediate past even before we have begun to make sense of it
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781594201363 (1594201366)
Publish date: April 17th 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
I just saw that he died on August 6. I've been a fan of his essays in the NYRB for a while now and it's about time I put him on the shelf.