"Esther Leslie's translation reveals that no thought should go un-noted"
–Peter Conrad, Guardian "This Archive is an object to treasure and has the aura of a reliquary, but Benjamin is no saint. Hidden within this small selection is a profaning giant whom we are only beginning to see."
–Independent "Enchanting."
–Times Literary Supplement "The most important German aesthetician and literary critic of the twentieth century."
–George Steiner "Elegantly brings together the materials of Benjamin's bequest and reminds us of what his friend Theodor Adorno rightly said was its greatest significance for subsequent thinking."
–Frieze "Charming and beautifully produced."
–Ray Monk, New Statesman
