Autoportrait 20th Century a Robinson Crusoe-like figure who

a Robinson Crusoe-like figure who inhabits a twilight world where civilization has collapsed

In the first part

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and Journey through America

Autoportrait 20th Century a Robinson Crusoe-like figure whodouard Lev's unusual and uncompromising autobiography, translated by Lorin Stein . . . [continued] In this brilliant and sobering self portrait, Edouard Lev hides nothing from his readers, setting out his entire life, more or less at random, in a string of declarative sentences. Autoportrait is a physical, psychological, sexual, political, and philosophical triumph. Beyond "sincerity," Lev works toward an objectivity so radical it could pass for