The Book of I: An Illustrious Collection of Self Reflections - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1590563662 ISBN 13 : 9781590563663

Editeur : Lantern Books,US, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Joan Konner

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"I think, therefore I am." René Descartes

"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself." Emily Dickinson

"It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning round." Henry David Thoreau

"I am I because my little dog knows me." Gertrude Stein

"I'm glad I'm not me." Bob Dylan

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Kurt Vonnegut

Are there many selves? Is there a true self? Are you the one you choose? Or are you the onethat chooses you?

These and other age-old questions are answered by this collection of pithy sayings and witty rejoinders from the likes of William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Peter Sellers, Jean Paul-Sartre, Gertrude Stein, Carl Jung, Marilyn Monroe and many more of history's most introspective - and, perhaps, narcissistic - writers, poets, philosophers, musicians, comedians, actors and politicians.

Conceived and edited by Joan Konner, the bestselling author of The Atheist's Bible, this compendium reaches back across centuries of self-consciousness, self-doubt and self-love to explore every facet of the idea of the self. THE BOOK OF I reminds us that we're not alone if we look in the mirror and wonder, "Who am I?"

Biographie de l'auteur

Joan Konner is a longtime award-winning television producer and writer. She is dean emerita and professor emerita of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lantern Books,US
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590563662
• ISBN 13: 9781590563663
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Éditeur: Konner Joan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible