Vlad Russo

15 books

The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts by Milan Kundera

The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts

Milan Kundera

176 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced
Drawn and Quartered by E.M. Cioran

Drawn and Quartered

E.M. Cioran

186 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy reflective slow-paced
Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers by Costica Bradatan

Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers

Costica Bradatan

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Encounter by Milan Kundera

Encounter

Milan Kundera

192 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging reflective slow-paced
The Open: Man and Animal by Werner Hamacher, Giorgio Agamben, Kevin Attell

The Open: Man and Animal

Werner Hamacher, Giorgio Agamben, Kevin Attell

120 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan

Rules of Summer

Shaun Tan

48 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Usefulness of the Useless by Nuccio Ordine

The Usefulness of the Useless

Nuccio Ordine

176 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
The Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne, Volume 1 by Michel de Montaigne

The Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne, Volume 1

Michel de Montaigne

460 pages • first pub 1580 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Human Body by Paolo Giordano

The Human Body

Paolo Giordano

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility by Costica Bradatan

In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility

Costica Bradatan

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy medium-paced