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Simon Leys is a Renaissance man for the era of globalization: a distinguished scholar of classical Chinese art and literature, he was one of the first Westerners to expose the horrors of Mao's Cultural Revolution. Leys's interests and expertise are not, however, confined to China: he also writes about European art, literature, history, and politics, and is an unflinching observer of the way we live now. No matter the topic he writes with unfailing elegance and intelligence, seriousness and acerbic wit. Leys is, in short, not simply a critic or commentator but an essayist, and one of the most outstanding ones of our time.The Hall of Uselessness gathers the finest of Leys's essays for an American audience for the first time. On subjects ranging from China to Orwell and from Quixotism to the sea, Leys feuds with Christopher Hitchens, ponders the popularity of Victor Hugo, and considers whether Vladimir Nabokov's posthumous novel should ever have been published. He...

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Author

Leys, Simon; Leys, Simon

Publisher

New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590176207

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism