The Unnamable Present

The Unnamable PresentA strikingly original and provocative vision of our times, from from one of Europe's pre eminent writers. Tourists, terrorists, secularists, hackers, fundamentalists, transhumanists, algorithmicians: in this book Roberto Calasso considers the tribes that inhabit and inform the world today. A world that feels more elusive than ever before. Yet once contrasted with the period between 1933 and 1945, when the world made a partially successful attempt at

but in that time she created uniquely powerful and lyrical images that combine masterful technique with a deep concern for the rights of the poor and marginalised

artificial intelligences share none of our essential human characteristics—sentience

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this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution

It explores the powerful influence of Tarot as muse to artists like Salvador Dalí and Niki de Saint Phalle and includes the decks of nearly 100 diverse contemporary artists from around the world

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When Rin aced the Keju – the test to find the most talented students in the Empire – it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials

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In the autumn of 1904

Shirley Jackson's 1953 classic about life with her husband and four children in rural Vermont is one of America's most celebrated memoirs of family life