Significant works reviewed by Engelsberg Ideas writers.
The joy of reading does not emerge in silent reflection, grand old libraries and the hallowed halls of academe. It's something more elemental than that - books are like keys in a l..
The 1945 novel presents the ancient bridge as a metaphor for Bosnia’s suffering, its fragility and the country's role as a link between the East and the West.
First published in 1621, Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy is a treatise, an encyclopedia, a self-help manual and more besides. Remarkably ahead of its time, this treasure ..
Billy Lee Brammer's The Gay Place is a masterpiece, providing an insight into the imaginative world of LBJ's America.
Set amidst the ruins of the ancien régime in his native Normandy, Barbey’s masterpiece is bewitched by the spectre of dead priests and a community torn by struggle.
The development and evolution of jihadi groups in the West is examined here in forensic detail – and although focused rather narrowly in places, it lends readers a deeper and broad..
Once admired by contemporaries like Graham Greene, Patrick Hamilton’s gritty tales of down-and-out London are finally receiving the praise they deserve.
Inspired by the deserts of his homeland Australia, Patrick White mastered a unique and unsparing prose which continues to resonate with writers the world over.
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