Vathek Nestor James Killigan has found a problem

Killigan has found a problem - and a killer - that is the very opposite of reason

If I were told there was time to read only a single book

A great philosophical tale

These millennials

Ilan Stavans - who is at home both in Jewish and Latino cultures - introduces us to engaging writers

Vathek Nestor James Killigan has found a problemVathek (1786), originally written in French, remains one of the strangest eighteenth century novels and one of the most difficult to classify. Perverse and grotesque comedy alternates with scenes of 'oriental' magnificence and evocative beauty in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to superb damnation among the subterranean treasures of Eblis. Underlying the elegant prose is a strong element of self indulgent personal fantasy on the part