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|author= Karina Sainz Borgo and Elizabeth Bryer (translator)
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|author=Edward W Said
|title= It Would Be Night in Caracas
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|title=Representations of the Intellectual
|rating= 4
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|rating=4.5
|genre= Literary Fiction
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|genre=Politics and Society
|summary= ''It Would Be Night in Caracas'' by Karina Sainz Borgo and Elizabeth Bryer illuminates the everyday horrors of modern day Venezuela. It begins with the death of Adelaida Falcon's mother and chronicles Adelaida's coming to terms with her new solitude in this world and her attempts to escape it. Danger stalks the shadows and, in a society, where the establishment is crumbling, who can you turn to?
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|summary=Edward Said's ''Representations of the Intellectual'' is less a strict theory of what intellectuals are and more a passionate argument for what they should be. Said clearly rejects the comfortable image of the intellectual as a detached expert speaking only to other specialists. Instead, he insists on the intellectual as a public figure, often awkward, abrasive, and unpopular, who speaks truth to power even when it is inconvenient or risky.
|isbn=0062936867
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|isbn=Wendy_Cheyne
 
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Representations of the Intellectual by Edward W Said

4.5star.jpg Politics and Society

Edward Said's Representations of the Intellectual is less a strict theory of what intellectuals are and more a passionate argument for what they should be. Said clearly rejects the comfortable image of the intellectual as a detached expert speaking only to other specialists. Instead, he insists on the intellectual as a public figure, often awkward, abrasive, and unpopular, who speaks truth to power even when it is inconvenient or risky. Full Review