Originally published: Collingwood, Victoria : Black Inc., 2011 English with some essays translated from the French Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-562) and index
Contents:
Quixotism. The imitation of our Lord Don Quixote An empire of ugliness Lies that tell the truth Literature. Balzac Victor Hugo Chesterton: the poet who dances with a hundred legs Portrait of Proteus: a little abc of Andre Gide Malraux The intimate Orwell Terror of Babel: Evelyn Waugh The truth of Simenon The sins of the son: the posthumous publication of Nabokov's unfinished novel Cunning like a hedgehog The experience of literary translation On readers' rewards and writers' awards Writers and money Overtures China. The Chinese attitude towards the past One more art: Chinese calligraphy An introduction to Confucius Poetry and painting: aspects of Chinese classical aesthetics Ethics and aesthetics: the Chinese lesson Orientalism and Sinology The China experts The wake of an empty boat: Zhou Enlai Aspects of Mao Zedong The art of interpreting non-existent inscriptions Written in invisible ink on a blank page The curse of the man who could see the little fish at the bottom of the ocean The Cambodian genocide The sea. Foreword to the sea in French literature In the wake of Magellan Richard Henry Dana and his two years before the mast University. An idea of the university A fable from academe Marginalia. Prefer reading A way of living Tell them I said something Detours Memento Mori
