Literary Essays

A new selection of essays from Michael Hofmann - one of our most exceptional critics of contemporary literature. 'Superb and invigorating.' Nichola...

A hero of mine, a moral as well as literary giant Simon SchamaAmos Oz, the internationally acclaimed author of A Tale of Love and Darkness and Juda...

From Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri: twelve of his most controversial non-fiction pieces form this collection on the theme of freedom. Ranging from...

A great American writers confrontation with a great European critic a personal and intellectual awakening. Karl Kraus: satirist. Controv...

What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? In this brilliant, passionate essay...