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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Books: ROUND-UP 2013
Star reviewers remind us of the titles they were most impressed by in the last 12 months
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
Karl Marx by Jonathan Sperber meticulously plots Marx's life, showing how the political philosopher, activist and family man lived and worked through the tumultuous revolutionary struggles of the mid-19th century.
It's fascinating reading how the biographer pursues his admitted aim to present Marx as "a backward-looking figure" immersed in the daily struggles of his own time but largely irrelevant to our day.
Yet it's an irony of history, which Marx recognised only too well, that sees this work of many years' preparatory research finally being published at the height of a crippling crisis in capitalism, reinforcing the truth of Marx's analysis of the nature and development of the system.
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