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Contemporary, spare, classical in form and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Jim Holt
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Profile Books Limited, Liveright, TBS/GBS/Transworld
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781847654106
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