Monthly Archives: November 2012

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4x4th Estate: Madness

Tara November 27, 2012

MADNESS. 4 books about the unquiet mind, brought to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘Where is my mind, Where is my mind’ Pixies Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar When I read this for the first time as an angsty, kohl-eyed teen, … Continue reading →

Categories: 4x4th Estate, Franny and Zooey, JD Salinger, Jean Rhys, Maggie O'Farrell, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Wide Sargasso Sea | Tags:
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Five from 4th Estate

Zeljka November 23, 2012

To usher in the weekend, 4th Estate bring you our top picks from the web this week. These are the things that we’ve been viewing, reading and sharing in the office, and now we’re sharing them with you. As ever, … Continue reading →

Categories: current affairs, news, Paper: An Elegy, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,
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4x4th Estate: Graduation

Tara November 20, 2012

GRADUATION. 4 books fresh from campus, recommended to you by us at 4th Estate. ‘You know what college does for you? It makes you really smart, man’     Kanye West, School Spirit Skit 1

Categories: 4x4th Estate, Chad Harbach, Donna Tartt, James Lasdun, Jeffrey Eugenides, The Art of Fielding, The Horned Man, The Marriage Plot, The Secret History | Tags: , ,
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Five from 4th Estate

Zeljka November 16, 2012

To celebrate the start of your weekend, here are five online things we’ve been reading and listening to this week. A selection of the best from the web, chosen by us for you. ‘I look the way a depressed person looks, … Continue reading →

Categories: blogs, current affairs, Fiction, news | Tags: , , , ,
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4 x 4th Estate: Suburban Wars

Tara November 13, 2012

SUBURBAN WARS. 4 books that reside on the edges, recommended for you by us at 4th Estate. ‘You said the past won’t rest Until we jump the fence and leave it behind’

Categories: 4x4th Estate, A. M. Homes, J. G. Ballard, Jeffrey Eugenides, Music for Torching, Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates, Suburbia, The Unlimited Dream Company, Virgin Suicides | Tags: , ,
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Five from 4th Estate

Zeljka November 9, 2012

Here are the five online things that are essential reading, watching and sharing this week. Chosen for you by us at 4th Estate. The Moby Dick Big Read is Philip Hoare’s leviathan challenge. He’s taken Moby Dick, the great unread American novel, … Continue reading →

Categories: current affairs, Fiction, film, Five from 4th Estate, Girls, Lena Dunham, Moby Dick, Philip Hoare, reviews, Self Help, The Road, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,
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Lena Dunham joins 4th Estate

Tara November 5, 2012

4th Estate has acquired Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned by Lena Dunham, the trailblazing writer-director-star of Tiny Furniture and the HBO series Girls, which launched in the UK on Sky Atlantic last month.

Categories: Caitlin Moran, Girls, HBO, Lena Dunham, New Yorker, Nora Ephron, Not That Kind Of Girl, Tiny Furniture | Tags: ,
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Five from 4th Estate

Zeljka November 2, 2012

Here are five online things that we’ve been sharing, discussing, reading and watching this week.

Categories: blogs, Booker Prize, Booksellers, current affairs, Fiction, Girls, LRB, Melville House, Paper: An Elegy, Penguin, Random House, The Millions, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,