Theodora Sutcliffe
Contributor
Theodora Sutcliffe is a journalist and copywriter who also writes fiction. She is also a contributor to 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012), where an earlier version of this Britannica entry first appeared.
Primary Contributions (1)
Alamut, allegorical novel written by Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol (1903–67), begun while the author was living in Paris in the early 1930s and published in 1938. The novel and its famed maxim “Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted,” influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche and later recast…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2001)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual...
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