Michael Ignatieff

Gebundenes Buch

On Consolation

Finding Solace in Dark Times

Beschreibung

As read on BBC Radio 4's 'Book of the Week', a deeply moving exploration of the literature of consolation, of how writers (and the painter David and the Composer Mahler) have responded to tragedy and loss, from The Psalms to Albert Camus and Primo Levi.

Autor

Michael Ignatieff is a writer, historian and former politician. He has taught at Cambridge, Oxford, the University of Toronto and Harvard and is currently university professor at Central European University in Vienna. His books, which have been translated into twelve languages, include Blood and Belonging, Isaiah Berlin: a life, The Needs of Strangers, The Russian Album and The Ordinary Virtues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 138mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781529053777
• ISBN-10: 1529053773
• Artikelnr.: 62481903

Rezensionen

Illuminating and moving, these wide-ranging portraits of men and women seeking answers in dark times . . . appeal to us all, as a universal quest and an intimate personal testament. Jenny Uglow, author of Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense