Overview
In Frederic Raphael's wide-ranging essays familiar faces are portrayed with a ruthless clarity that seeks to conceal nothing. Considered is Primo Levi, a champion in the fight between civilization and barbarism. Other essays pursue Aristotle, surrealism, Gore Vidal, cultural criticism, Heidegger, the emperor Hadrian, Arthur Koestler, the Jews, David Storey, the Greeks, Schnitzler, and cinema.Author Biography
Frederic Raphael is the author of Coast to Coast, The Necessity of Anti-Semitism, and Personal Terms. He has adapted The Glittering Prizes and After the War for television, and his screenplays include the Academy Award-winning Darling, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Eyes Wide Shut.
