David Bromwich Libri

When it first appeared in 1979, Richard Rorty argued that philosophers had developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. The book now stands as a classic of 20th-century philosophy.

"American Breakdown is the brilliant political diary of one of America's leading essayists, David Bromwich, whose work has drawn wide appreciation for its incisive portraits and accurate prognosis. From his analysis of the Cheney-Bush co-presidency, in which foreign policy was reduced to permanent war, and Barack Obama's practice of reconciliation without truth, Bromwich chronicles the emergence of Donald Trump--the demagogue of a culture of corruption from which all traces of political interest and candor have dropped away. An unsparing account of the degradation of American democracy, the book leads off with a new introduction on the prospects for change during the new Democratic Congress"-- Provided by publisher

Protagonisti di "Giro di vite", forse il più celebre tra i romanzi brevi di Henry James, sono Flora e Miles, due bambini perseguitati dai fantasmi di un'istitutrice e di un maggiordomo, e intrappolati in quella che Fausta Cialente nella nota al testo definisce una "tirannica atmosfera". Ai classici motivi del racconto nero, "gotico", James unisce una sottile indagine psicologica, consegnando al lettore uno dei più suggestivi racconti del mistero, sempre al confine tra realtà e sovrannaturale.