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Errata An Examined Life (Paperback)
| Author: George Steiner |
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Publish Date: 10/1/1999
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| George Steiner, one of the great literary minds of our century, here relates the story of his own life and the ways that people, places, and events have colored the central ideas and themes of his work. Brilliant and witty, his memoir reveals Steiner's thoughts on the meaning of the western tradition and its philosophic and religious premises. |
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George Steiner, one of the great literary minds of our century, here relates the story of his own life and the ways that people, places, and events have colored the central ideas and themes of his work. Brilliant and witty, his memoir reveals Steiner's thoughts on the meaning of the western tradition and its philosophic and religious premises.Relates the events of the author's life, and examines how the people, places, and events he experienced have colored the central ideas and themes of his work |
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The memoirs of the French-born American critic, scholar, and novelist George Steiner. "Errata" is a collection of remembered thoughts on the author's personal conflicts with Judaism, music, teaching, literature, God, and other topics. Much more than biography, these memoirs serve to bring readers into direct contact with the psyche of the author.
The memoirs of the French-born American critic, scholar, and novelist George Steiner. "Errata" is a collection of remembered thoughts on the author's personal conflicts with Judaism, music, teaching, literature, God, and other topics. Much more than biography, these memoirs serve to bring readers into direct contact with the psyche of the author.
Author Bio
George Steiner
George Steiner was Lord Weidenfeld Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at Oxford University. He is a well-known reviewer for "The New Yorker", the "Times Literary Supplement", and other American and European journals. Steiner is the author of numerous books that have been translated into a dozen languages.
Praise
Los Angeles Times Book Review
"His pleasures--he mentions a secluded house in a remote part of France--have a Midas touch; his praise stiffens them into gold. His regrets are for not having dedicated himself entirely to fiction or for spreading himself too thinly. His regrets, you feel he feels, are finer than other people's satisfactions. The virtue of this memoir, in fact, does not lie in the charm of its voice but in a brilliance that can make charm irrelevant." - Richard Eder 03/15/1998
"His pleasures--he mentions a secluded house in a remote part of France--have a Midas touch; his praise stiffens them into gold. His regrets are for not having dedicated himself entirely to fiction or for spreading himself too thinly. His regrets, you feel he feels, are finer than other people's satisfactions. The virtue of this memoir, in fact, does not lie in the charm of its voice but in a brilliance that can make charm irrelevant." - Richard Eder 03/15/1998
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