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When Michelangelo Antonioni--best known as the director of 60s classic Blow Up--suffered a severe stroke in 1985, it was assumed that he would never direct another film. If nothing else, no financial institution would provide the insurance necessary for a production to go ahead. However, the auteur refused to give in, and with the help of his wife he brokered a deal whereby he would make one last film, with another director present on set as back-up. Enter art-house favourite Wim Wenders, dir... less info

When Michelangelo Antonioni--best known as the director of 60s classic Blow Up--suffered a severe stroke in 1985, it was assumed that he would never direct another film. If nothing else, no financi... more info

"There is no privacy more inviolable than that of the prisoner. To visualise that cell in which he is thinking, to reach what he alone knows; that is a blank in the dark." Privileged whites in post-apartheid South Africa, Harald and Claudia Lindgard have managed to live the better part of 50 years without ever confronting the deepest shadows in their culture or in their own souls. Though they conceive of themselves as liberal-minded, neither has ever taken any active political stan... less info

"There is no privacy more inviolable than that of the prisoner. To visualise that cell in which he is thinking, to reach what he alone knows; that is a blank in the dark." Privileged whi... more info

It was a man, standing quite motionless and staring down. He wore a broad-brimmed hat and was otherwise wrapped in a flowing cloak that flapped about him in the wind." Making a departure from his bestselling political thrillers, Fredrick Forsyth takes a literary leap in The Phantom of Manahattan, the sequel to Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. Inspired by a meeting with Andrew Lloyd Webber, who longed for a sequel to his world-renowned musical, Forsyth decided after extensively r... less info

It was a man, standing quite motionless and staring down. He wore a broad-brimmed hat and was otherwise wrapped in a flowing cloak that flapped about him in the wind." Making a departure from ... more info

"There is no privacy more inviolable than that of the prisoner. To visualise that cell in which he is thinking, to reach what he alone knows; that is a blank in the dark." Privileged whites in post-apartheid South Africa, Harald and Claudia Lindgard have managed to live the better part of 50 years without ever confronting the deepest shadows in their culture or in their own souls. Though they conceive of themselves as liberal- minded, neither has ever taken any active political stan... less info

"There is no privacy more inviolable than that of the prisoner. To visualise that cell in which he is thinking, to reach what he alone knows; that is a blank in the dark." Privileged whit... more info

Pages: 336, Paperback, Howard Books less info

Pages: 336, Paperback, Howard Books

In south side Chicago, Walter Lee, a black chauffer, dreams of a better life, and hopes to use his father's life insurance money to open a liquor store. But his mother uses the money to buy a house for the family. Mr Lindner, a representative of the all-white neighbourhood, tries to buy them out. less info

In south side Chicago, Walter Lee, a black chauffer, dreams of a better life, and hopes to use his father's life insurance money to open a liquor store. But his mother uses the money to buy a house... more info