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LIES - OSCAR WILDE TASCHENBUCH

'The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either
and modern literature a complete impossibility.' Is lying simply an uncomfortable truth about
life or something to be celebrated? In these dazzlingly witty pages we find deceptions of all
kinds. From false names to imaginary friends to fictitious engagements  Wilde proves himself to
be a connoisseur of creativity and argues that lying may be an art form in itself. Selected
from The Importance of Being Earnest  The Decay of Lying and The Picture of Dorian Gray VINTAGE
MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest
writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Murder by
Arthur Conan Doyle Power by William Shakespeare Jealousy by Marcel Proust Ghosts by M. R. James

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