My Unwritten Books - Couverture rigide

Steiner, Pensioner Fellow Of Churchill College Cambridge Emeritus Professor Of English And Comparative Literature George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0811217035 ISBN 13 : 9780811217033

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2008

Synopsis

In this fiercely original and audacious work, George Steiner tells of seven books which he did not write. Because intimacies and indiscretions were too threatening. Because the topic brought too much pain. Because its emotional or intellectual challenge proved beyond his capacities. The actual themes range widely and defy conventional taboos: the torment of the gifted when they live among--when they confront--the very great; the experience of sex in different languages; a love for animals greater than for human beings; the costly privilege of exile; a theology of emptiness. Yet a unifying perception underlies this diversity. The best we have or can produce is only the tip of the iceberg. Behind every good book, as in a lit shadow, lies the book which remained unwritten, the one that would have failed better.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University and the author of dozens of books (The Death of Tragedy, After Babel, Martin Heidegger, In Bluebeard's Castle), George Steiner is one of the world's foremost intellectuals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811217035
• ISBN 13: 9780811217033
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 209
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible