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The Ruin of Kasch
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Belknap Pr
Publication date March 1, 1996
Binding Paperback
Edition Reissue
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780674780293
ISBN-10 0674780299
Dimensions 1.25 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $16.00
Other format details university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In this brilliant work, Roberto Calasso cracks the code of what Baudelaire named the Modern--the increasingly murderous period from the French Revolution to the end of World War II. From Talleyrand's France and the legendary African city of Kasch, to Lenin's Russia and the killing fields of Cambodia, Calasso leads us along an enticing maze of mythology, literature, art, and science to the pulsing heart of civilization, where he deciphers the deepest secrets of history.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780674780262 Book cover for 9780856357138
 
from Carcanet Pr (October 1, 1994)
9780856357138 | details & prices | List price $25.01
With Stephen Sartarelli | from Belknap Pr (October 1, 1994)
9780674780262 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Centered around the legendary ruin of Kasch, an African kingdom whose annihilation symbolizes the destruction of ancient and modern worlds, a unique blend of literature and ideas focuses on the periods immediately before and after the French Revolution.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780674780293
 
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With Stephen Sartarelli (other contributor) | Reissue edition from Belknap Pr (March 1, 1996)
9780674780293 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $16.00
About: In this brilliant work, Roberto Calasso cracks the code of what Baudelaire named the Modern--the increasingly murderous period from the French Revolution to the end of World War II.

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