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The Soul of the Marionette
John Gray
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Description for The Soul of the Marionette
Paperback. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every action. This title draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-brow literature with the sharp-eyed eclecticism of a magpie of genius' John Banville, Guardian 'Like Isaiah Berlin with a thing for sci-fi' Tibor Fischer, Spectator Everyone thinks they want to be free - or do they? John Gray's thought-stirring new book on freedom draws together insights from Gnosticism, science fiction, ancient sacrifice and the occult to show that freedom is an illusion and that, like fairground puppets, humans ... Read more
TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-brow literature with the sharp-eyed eclecticism of a magpie of genius' John Banville, Guardian 'Like Isaiah Berlin with a thing for sci-fi' Tibor Fischer, Spectator Everyone thinks they want to be free - or do they? John Gray's thought-stirring new book on freedom draws together insights from Gnosticism, science fiction, ancient sacrifice and the occult to show that freedom is an illusion and that, like fairground puppets, humans ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241953907
SKU
9780241953907
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About John Gray
John Gray's major books include Straw Dogs, Black Mass and The Silence of Animals. A second edition of his essays, Gray's Anatomy, was published in 2016. He now principally writes for the New Statesman.
Reviews for The Soul of the Marionette
A brain-twisting meditation on freedom...a brief, elliptical inquiry designed to raise more questions than anyone could answer
Kirkus Reviews
Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-brow literature with the sharp-eyed eclecticism of a magpie of genius
John Banville
The Guardian
We might believe that ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews
Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-brow literature with the sharp-eyed eclecticism of a magpie of genius
John Banville
The Guardian
We might believe that ... Read more