This week in 1913: Kaiser Wilhelm finds the tango vulgar, Kafka weeps, Duchamp creates an art work that is not an art work
1913 is now available in paperback. Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt… Read more »
This week in 1913: Kaiser Wilhelm hates dancing, Kafka weeps, Joyce talks Hamlet, and Musil writes about love
Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the… Read more »
This week in 1913: Kaiser Wilhelm shoots 1,100 pheasants and a magnificent display of French art
Just before one of its darkest moments came the twentieth century’s most exciting year . . . It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory,… Read more »
This week in 1913: a zeppelin explodes, Rilke watches dancers, and Freud goes mushroom hunting
From now until the end of the year, we’ll be publishing weekly excerpts from 1913, which The Observer called “An absolute gem of a book. 1913 was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt… Read more »