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Honoré de Balzac (en)

a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus

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Chronicles: On Our Political and Economic Crisis
by Thomas Piketty

Chronicles: On Our Political and Economic Crisis
by Thomas Piketty

Chronicles: On Our Political and Economic Crisis
by Thomas Piketty


In 1865 Karl Marx said it was by reading Balzac that he learned the most about capitalism and the power of money.

—p.145 Capital According to Carlos Fuentes (145) by Thomas Piketty
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9 years, 1 month ago

David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
by Marshall Boswell

David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
by Marshall Boswell

David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
by Marshall Boswell


listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)

—p.64 Modeling Community and Narrative in Infinite Jest and The Pale King (61) by David Foster Wallace
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9 years, 6 months ago