The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso

The Ruin of Kasch

Roberto Calasso with Richard Dixon (Translator)

432 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A brilliant new translation of a classic work on violence and revolution as seen through mythology and artThe Ruin of Kasch takes up two subjects--"the first is Talleyrand, and the second is everything else," wrote Italo Calvino when the book firs...

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challenging 100%
informative 100%
inspiring 100%
mysterious 100%
reflective 100%

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slow 100%

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