In Contempt Of Fate

From Sri Lanka, a beautiful island snuggled in the palm of the Indian Ocean, comes this tale of a young woman's painful and courageous journey through poverty, abuse and cultural bondage to emancipation in the United States. Told against the backdrop of Sri Lanka's mesmerising coastline, this story of human bondage and forbidden love, of courage and the will to live, is a gripping page-turner from start to finish.

Contempt is a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European literature. All the qualities for which Alberto Moravia is justly famous—his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex—are evident in this story of a failing marriage. Contempt (which was to inspire Jean-Luc Godard’s no-less-celebrated film) is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.

A look at a 1906 Supreme Court decision that transformed justice in America examines the case of Ed Johnson, an African American man accused of raping a white woman, his lynching, and the response of the Supreme Court.

Fantasy-roman.

"This book serves as a manifesto to counter the tragic resurgence of antisemitism in our time." -Bruce Pearl, Auburn University head basketball coach America is on the brink of following Europe in its historic normalization and acceptance of antisemitism. Historically, when a nation shows contempt toward the Jewish people, that nation suffers an incalculable loss. The alarming rise of antisemitism in America and around the world should be of great concern to all Americans. The fate of Jews, Israel, and the whole of the modern world hangs in the balance as a result of allowing the scourge of Jewish hatred to increase exponentially. This book exposes the festering open wound of antisemitism and chronicles the unattended sore's insidious spread. The authors come from various fields of influence: sports, law, theology, politics, academia, journalism, and Jewish advocacy. They also represent different religious backgrounds: Judaism, Evangelicalism, Catholicism, and Anglicanism. One of the things every author has in common is a historic understanding of the roots of Jewish hatred and a passion to raise the awareness about the cancer of antisemitism before the malignant growth becomes inoperable. The pages of this book serve as a clarion call for those who desire to be informed about the growing threat anti-Semitism poses for all of us and what we can do collectively to prevent its continued expansion on our shores before contempt towards God's chosen people leads to a terrible casualty for our nation.

Publisher This Title is part of the "HardPress Classics Series." In this series we are bringing a treasure throve of old books back into print using our own state-of-the-art techniques. Since we are working with old material - occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these reproductions. We have managed to fix the vast majority of issues though, and we believe these books deserve to be persevered for future generations to enjoy.

Heavily annotated by A.M. and the editor.