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24%OFFGeorge Steiner - My Unwritten Books - 9780753825693 - V9780753825693
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My Unwritten Books

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Description for My Unwritten Books Paperback. George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.

George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections.

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; ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753825693
SKU
V9780753825693
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About George Steiner
Professor George Steiner is Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University and Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University. His non-fiction includes Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, a critical analysis of the two great masters of the Russian novel, The Death of Tragedy, In Bluebeard's Castle, After Babel and No Passion Spent: Essays 1978-96. He is also ... Read more

Reviews for My Unwritten Books
has sections that stop the heart with their passion and eloquence
Boyd Tonkin
INDEPENDENT
These essays reveal an inescapable humanity
GUARDIAN
bewitching; as personal as it is philosophical...thankfully, this is a touching, revealing, enlightening book that he did write
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
An important addition to his pubished works
BIG ISSUE IN ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for My Unwritten Books


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