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The Life of Ezra Pound
First published in 1970, this is a detailed and balanced biography of one of the most controversial literary figures of the twentieth century. Ezra Pound, an American who left home for Venice and London at the age of twenty-three, was a leading member of ‘the modern movement’, a friend and helper of Joyce, Eliot, Yeats, Hemingway, an early supporter of Lawrence and Frost. As a critic of modern society his far-reaching and controversial theories on politics, economics and religion led him to broadcast over Rome Radio during the Second World War, after which he was indicted for treason but declared insane by an American court. He then spent more than twelve years in St Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Washington, D.C. In 1958 the changes against him were dropped and he returned to Italy where he had lived between 1924 and 1945.
Austria Behind the Mask
Austria has long been considered a European success story: a land-locked country on the losing side of World War Two, which emerged from ten years of post-war occupation as one of the EU's richest member-states, a symbol of social consensus and political independence at the heart of Europe. But in the 2020s, the forward march of the far-right populist FPÖ threatens the return of old demons: extreme xenophobic racism, and economic and political instability. The governing partnership between Austria's youngest-ever Chancellor and the extreme-right party lasted less than two years, but has left a wreckage of corruption scandals, including an ongoing investigation of fraud at the top. A cozy re...
Exodus
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Social Register
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Die Hofnarren der Republik
Dieses Buch wurde für all jene geschrieben, die in Österreich leben, oder zumindest einen Einblick in Österreichs Politik haben. Für andere könnte es schwierig werden, aber ein Versuch lohnt sich allemal. Die Geschehnisse betreffen die Corona-Jahre 2020 und 2021. Das ist jener Zeitraum, in dem wir in einem Tunnel gelebt haben und angestrengt nach dem Licht am Ende der Röhre gesucht haben.
Ireland To-day
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