“…Readers and critics were enchanted; as NPR commented, "Towles writes with grace and verve about the mores and manners of a society on the cusp of radical change." …”

“…Walter Schübler's biography portrays the extravagant life of the artist Anton Kuh in all its facets: the controversial publicist, who glossed over the current events in Vienna and Berlin with polemical verve; the wide-awake chroniclers of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s; the self-confessed "leftist," who risked neck and neck in dealing with the Nazis; the "opposite Fex," which made a joke of teasing Karl Kraus for years; the bohemian who - programmatically tactless - did not miss any opportunity to provoke; the upbeat neurasthenic who lived suicidal; the fulminant impromptu speaker, who ran his train of thought, causing his audience to rush to applause. …”

“…All the while, other powers, like China and Russia, grew stronger. With his trademark verve, Holslag untangles the threads of this story to reveal that it was not so much the ambition of China, the cunning of Putin, or the greed of African strongmen that led the world into this dark place; it was the failure of the West to listen to its people, to show clear leadership, and reinvent itself, in spite of ample evidence that things were going awry --…”

“…It is also an inviting book for readers who are intellectually playful and up for a challenge, written with verve, and full of stories thoughtful persons will find to be mirrors of their own erotic selves. …”

“…Ruben Moi's book explores, in correspondence with language philosophy and critical debate, how Muldoon's ingenious language and inventive form give shape and significance to his poetry, and how his linguistic panache and technical verve keep language forever surprising, new and alive"--…”

“…The bleakness - and underlying verve - of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. …”

“…It was women with experience of migration who were engaged on behalf of women's suffrage with special verve. It was working Italian women in particular who created the conditions for the expansion of childcare infrastructure.” …”

“…In queste pagine si ritrova la stessa verve ironica delle opere maggiori che ha fatto di Chesterton il "principe del paradosso". …”

“…In sensitive and revealing readings of ten novels, Toker demonstrates that the need to reconcile the human element with aesthetic or metaphysical pursuits is a constant theme of Nabokov's and that the tension between technique and content is itself a key to his fiction. Written with verve and precision, Toker's book begins with Pnin and follows the circular pattern that is one of her subject's own favored devices…”

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“…Madeleine Delbrêl, avec plus de maturité, dépeint avec verve les recherches d’équilibre de cette vie originale, plongée au cœur de banlieues déchristianisées. …”

“…Christopher Clark's spectacular new book recreates with verve, wit and insight this extraordinary period. …”

“…Cette parenté avec Rabelais, on la retrouve dans l'érudition, la verve, le style flamboyant et « grotesque », mais aussi dans le refus d'être considéré comme une aberration, à l'instar de ces institutions dévouées aux Humanités, volontiers reléguées au rayon des vieilleries dans notre société actuelle confite en communication. …”

“…Dans ce récit de voyage haut en couleur mais hanté par la mémoire littéraire de ses prédécesseurs, Roland Dorgelès expose avec la verve qui le caractérise ses émerveillements et ses désillusions devant un Moyen-Orient en pleine mutation. …”

“…D'où le titre Humeurs et Paradoxes que nous avons donné à ce florilège de textes du conteur florentin Anton Francesco Doni qui, au cours du xvie siècle, a su évoquer avec verve et passion toutes les ressources créatives d'un imaginaire appliqué aux objets-symboles de ses obsessions : le monde, le temps, la Folie, l'Histoire, l'homme, la Société, la parole ; Riche d'une immense culture à la fois populaire et savante, Doni entend certes divertir son lecteur, mais aussi et surtout le provoquer, le « réveiller », afin de lui faire prendre conscience de soi et, par là même, lui faire découvrir son irréductible singularité…”

“…Anziché abbandonarsi a facili pessimismi, l’autore elabora con la consueta verve un’alternativa al vicolo cieco del progresso, perché «centinaia di episodi della storia umana dimostrano che le tendenze possono essere invertite, e che una pietra d’inciampo può diventare il punto di svolta». …”

“…Sources folkloriques, épisodes de l'histoire de France ou de Bretagne, faits divers, questions sociales et problèmes politiques stimulent une imagination brillante et fantastique un sens aigu de l'action à rebondissements, un goût marqué du dialogue théâtral, une verve satirique souvent féroce. À côté des figures légendaires de Lagardère, de Philippe de Gonzague, de Cocardasse et Passepoil (Le Bossu, 1857), bien d'autres personnages, héroïques, odieux ou drôles, font vivre ses romans « bretons » (La Fée des Grêves, 1850), ses feuilletons à connotations politiques et sociales (Les Mystères de Londres, 1844), ses romans d'aventures criminelles (Les Habits noirs, 1863-1875) ou ses récits fantastiques parodiques (La Ville-Vampire, 1874). …”

“…The essays in this collection approach these controversial topics of gender and genre with verve, ranging from those which cast Mamet as a macho misogynist to those which understand his work as deeply ironic and even feminist. …”

“…In sensitive and revealing readings of ten novels, Toker demonstrates that the need to reconcile the human element with aesthetic or metaphysical pursuits is a constant theme of Nabokov's and that the tension between technique and content is itself a key to his fiction. Written with verve and precision, Toker's book begins with Pnin and follows the circular pattern that is one of her subject's own favored devices…”