Readers of London Review of Books are not only interested in books, but the culture that creates them. Reviews often discuss the entire topic of the book, not only critique its quality. The book's influence and place in society is also discussed in a lively manner.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
why does it take so long:
when I buy a book on Amazon, I usually get it in a week----
but when I subscribe to a magazine like this, it takes
SIX WEEKS to get the first issue . . . what is it, they
don't have COMPUTERS at these stupid magazines????
A Great Journal for American Intellectuals as well as our British Counterparts:
I love this journal. The way they review books is like no other book review page or magazine I've ever read. I find that by reading these articles we can as Americans involved in the world of ideas understand European thinking. Either way I'm renewing next year!
It's Not For Everyone:
Those arriving at this Amazon page doubtless have some interest in books. In reading the reviews I note some disappointment with the contents of the London Review. Maybe if I provide a brief summary of one issue you can decide whether or not this is the book mazazine for you. About fifty percent of the contributors to a current issue are PhD academics.
Here is a sampling of the articles in this issue:
1. Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870 to 1918.
2. A... more info
Is there such a thing as a non- left wing book-reviewer?:
I may be wrong, but whenever I have seen political pieces in the 'London Review' they have tended to the extreme Left. The 'party line' approach makes it difficult to enjoy the other fare.
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