The Newark background, major novels, contested narrators and literary legacy of Philip Roth, recipient of the 2011 Man Booker International Prize.
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The Argentine formation, Paris years, short stories, Hopscotch and legacy of Julio Cortazar, whose fiction asks readers to become active participants.
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The training, contraction-and-release technique, major choreography and legacy of Martha Graham, whose dramatic movement transformed twentieth-century dance.
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The Liverpool origins, Beatles partnership, bass playing, Wings years and continuing legacy of Paul McCartney as songwriter, performer and studio musician.
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The financial context, collaborative production, design, restoration and cultural legacy of Cinderella, the 1950 feature that restored Disney's animated fortunes.
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The cinematic background, photographic series, environmental activism and developing legacy of Nick Brandt, whose portraits confront the loss of East African habitats.
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The scientific formation, novels, essays, human-rights work and legacy of Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato, author of The Tunnel and On Heroes and Tombs.
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The life, major novels, changing political thought and literary legacy of Mario Vargas Llosa, whose work linked formal invention with debates about freedom and power.
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A critical view of the labour, rivalries, patronage, family pressures and unfinished commissions behind the extraordinary art of Michelangelo.
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