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Tale of Horror and the Macabre in India
Lee Siegel 9780226756899...Lee Siegel WhenLee Siegel went to India...neck and a silk top hat with peacock plumes on his head.Siegel set out in search of the old man—called Brahm Kathuwala—to...Vividly recreating Indian literary and oral traditions,Siegel weaves a web of possession, reincarnation, and magical transformation...BOOK
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Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India,
Siegel December 1987Matters Comic Tradition in IndiaLee Siegel 9780226756912 Laughing Matters...Matters Comic Tradition in IndiaLee Siegel ...question, so solemnly posed by the young Buddha, first ledLee Siegel to examine the hitherto unexplored realm of Indian comedy...Hearing a boisterous and bawdy voice from India’s past,Siegel has provided original and highly entertaining translations...BOOK
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and the Incredibly Old Man A Novel
Lee Siegel 9780226757056...and the Incredibly Old Man A NovelLee Siegel ...worst of times” begins one chapter of critically acclaimedLee Siegel’s new novel, Love and the Incredibly Old Man. “In the...and a pinch of flattery, a professor and novelist namedLee Siegel finds himself in Eagle Springs, Florida, attempting to...BOOK
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Wonders and Deceptions in India
Lee Siegel 9780226756875 Net of Magic...Wonders and Deceptions in IndiaLee Siegel ...enthralling voyage through the netherworld of Indian magic.Lee Siegel , scholar and magician, uncovers the age-old practices of...their shill while they tutor him in their con and craft.Siegel also becomes acquainted with Hindu theatrical magicians,...BOOK
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Stories of India, Tales of Hypnosis
Lee Siegel 9780226185323...Stories of India, Tales of HypnosisLee Siegel ...friend, or confidant, in order to hypnotize in preparation forLee Siegel’s exploration of an enchanting India. To read and hear...abject Bengalis with mesmerism as a surgical anesthetic; andLee Siegel , a writer traveling in India to learn all that he can about...BOOK
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Love in a Dead Language,
Siegel May 1999Love in a Dead LanguageLee Siegel 9780226756998 9780226756974...9780226220321 Love in a Dead LanguageLee Siegel ...is the alternately awe-inspiring and goofy thrall cast byLee Siegel’s Love in a Dead Language. . . . His work stands out...Washington Post Book World "Now along comesLee Siegel , who mixes a bit of Borges with some Nabokov and then adds...BOOK
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Who Wrote the Book of Love?,
Siegel August 2005Who Wrote the Book of Love?Lee Siegel 9780226757001 9780226757018...9780226757018 Who Wrote the Book of Love?Lee Siegel ...Who Wrote the Book of Love? is acclaimed novelistLee Siegel’s comedic chronicle of the sexual life of an American...time, deeply fearful of communism and nuclear holocaust.Siegel recounts both the cheer and the paranoia of the period and...BOOK
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America and the Making of Contemporary Art Katy
Siegel 9781780235943...America and the Making of Contemporary Art KatySiegel ...been the indisputable center of the art world, and as KatySiegel shows, it has had a profound influence on the preoccupations...American culture as representative of a now-devalued nation,Siegel explores how American culture dominated not only American...BOOK
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The Torah’s Covenant Affirmed Sharon R.
Siegel 9781611684056 Distributed for...The Torah’s Covenant Affirmed Sharon R.Siegel ...ceremonies for newborn girls in the Jewish community. Sharon R.Siegel traces the arc of these ceremonies from their emergence in...this history can shape contemporary welcoming practices.Siegel builds on the notion that modern ceremonies should focus...BOOK
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in a Creation Nation Adam Laats and Harvey
Siegel 9780226331300...in a Creation Nation Adam Laats and HarveySiegel ...teach origins, historian Adam Laats and philosopher HarveySiegel offer crucial new ways to think not just about the evolution...the classroom. Laats andSiegel agree with most scientists: creationism is flawed, as science...BOOK