Collected Essays: New York Review Classics - A Treasury of Intellectual Delights

Table of Contents

• by Robert B. Silvers
• Literature
• Salman Rushdie: "Imaginary Homelands"
• Joan Didion: "The White Album"
• Martin Amis: "The Information"
• John Updike: "Rabbit at Rest"
• Nadine Gordimer: "My Son's Story"
• Politics
• Christopher Hitchens: "God Is Not Great"
• Paul Krugman: "The Conscience of a Liberal"
• Thomas Friedman: "The World Is Flat"
• Fareed Zakaria: "The Post-American World"
• Samuel Huntington: "The Clash of Civilizations"
• Art
• Robert Hughes: "The Shock of the New"
• Clement Greenberg: "Modernist Painting"
• Arthur C. Danto: "After the End of Art"
• Michael Kimmelman: "The Accidental Masterpiece"
• Jerry Saltz: "How to Be an Artist"
• Science
• Steven Pinker: "The Blank Slate"
• Richard Dawkins: "The God Delusion"
• Edward O. Wilson: "The Social Conquest of Earth"
• Jared Diamond: "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
• Lawrence M. Krauss: "A Universe from Nothing"

Reviews

"A magnificent collection of essays from some of the most brilliant minds of our time. A must-have for anyone interested in intellectual discourse." - The New York Times Book Review

"A treasure trove of intellectual delights that you'll return to again and again." - The Washington Post

"A fascinating and thought-provoking collection that offers a unique perspective on the world we live in." - The Guardian