The Savage God: A Study of Suicide

Autor Al Alvarez

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 noi 2002

An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780747559054
ISBN-10: 0747559058
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Ediția:New ed
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

'A beautifully written book, full of poetic truths. It holds the reader's attention because the author is deeply committed to his subject ... it adds a new dimension to the perspective of suicide' NEW SOCIETY

Notă biografică

Al Alvarez, poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, poker player, had for seventy years been hard to categorize. Author of over twenty books including POKER and THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN he was one of the great writers of the 20th Century. He died in 2019.

Descriere

Explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and fallacies surrounding suicide and refracts them through the windows of philosophy, art and literature: following the black thread leading from Dante, through Donne, Chatterton and the Romantic Agony, to Dada and Pavese.

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