Reed Jackson
Myth and propaganda: Stacy Schiff’s ‘Cleopatra: A Life’
Books
January 19, 2011
Myth and propaganda: Stacy Schiff’s ‘Cleopatra: A Life’
Cleopatra styled herself an immortal, and she’s certainly had the longevity to prove it. Her afterlife has been fluid--shaped, disassembled…
Book review: Albert Cossery’s ‘The Jokers’
Books
December 8, 2010
Book review: Albert Cossery’s ‘The Jokers’
Set in a nameless Egyptian city in the early 1960s, “The Jokers” (NYRB 2010) is a ruthless send-up of power, corruption…