HUMILIATION - Couverture souple

KOESTENBAUM, WAYNE

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312429223 ISBN 13 : 9780312429225

Editeur : Picador, 2011

Synopsis

Humiliation With an unusual, disarming blend of autobiography and cultural commentary, noted poet and critic Koestenbaum takes us through a spectrum of mortifying circumstances--in history, literature, art, current events, music, film, and his own life. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The lives of people both famous and obscure are filled with moments when their dirty laundry sees daylight. At such times we witness the reversibility of success, of prominence, but also come to terms viscerally with our own most vulnerable selves. We cannot stop watching the scene of shame, identifying with it, absorbing its nearness, relishing our immunity, even as we acknowledge the universality of the human stain, the uneasy predicament of living in our own bodies -

Biographie de l'auteur :

Wayne Koestenbaum has published five books of poetry, one novel, and six books of non-fiction. A graduate of Harvard and Princeton, he is a distinguished professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center (New York) and also a visiting professor in the painting department of the Yale School of Art.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312429223
• ISBN 13: 9780312429225
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 198