The Volcano Lover: A Romance
7 best books like The Volcano Lover: A Romance (Susan Sontag): Henry, Himself, An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture, Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy, Pictures & Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Can't and Won't
| Author | Stewart O'Nan |
| ISBN | 0735223041 |
A member of the greatest generation looks back on the loves and losses of his past and comes to treasure the present anew in this poignant and thoughtful new novel from a modern master
Stewart O’Nan is renowned for illuminating the unexpected grace of everyday life and the resilience of ordinary...
| Author | Ernst Cassirer |
| ISBN | 0300000340 |
One of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man’s cultural achievements. An Essay on Man is an original synthesis of contemporary knowledge, a unique interpretation of the intellectual crisis of our time, and a brilliant vindication of...
| Author | Karl Jaspers |
| ISBN | 0300097352 |
One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought. In Jaspers’ view, the source of philosophy is to be found “in wonder, in...
| Author | James Elkins |
| ISBN | 0415970539 |
Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to tears? Hemingway was reduced to tears in the midst of a drinking bout when a painting by James Thurber caught his eye. And what's bad about that? In Pictures and Tears, art historian James Elkins tells the story...
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
| Author | Eva Rice |
| ISBN | 0452288096 |
Set in 1950s London The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope the wide- eyed daughter of a legendary beauty Talitha who lost her husband to the war. Penelope with her mother and brother struggles to maintain their vast and crumbling ancestral home while postwar London spins toward the...
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
| Author | Nancy Milford |
| ISBN | 0375760814 |
Thomas Hardy once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The most famous poet of the Jazz Age, Millay captivated the nation: She smoked in public, took many lovers (men and women, single and married), flouted convention sensationally,...
| Author | Lydia Davis |
| ISBN | 0374118582 |
Here is a new collection of short stories from the writer Rick Moody has called “the best prose stylist in America.”
Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of “Bloomington” reads, “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never...
