The Philosopher's Apprentice: A Novel - Brossura

Morrow, James

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ISBN 10: 0061351458 ISBN 13: 9780061351457

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2009

Riassunto

Taking a job on a tropical island tutoring an amnesiac victim whose conscience has disappeared with her memory, failed philosopher Mason Ambrose is amazed when his pupil thoroughly studies his morality curriculum and then sets out to remake the world in her own image. By the author of The Last Witchfinder. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[A] tumultuous take on humanity, philosophy and ethics that is as hilarious as it is outlandish . .. [a] wildly ambitious morality play, a shrewd amalgamation of the sacred and the profane. Tips its hat with style to Mary Shelley and George Bernard Shaw.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“James Morrow is a wildly imaginative and generous novelist who plays hilarious games with grand ideas.” (New York Times Book Review)

“[James Morrow] is an original―stylistically ingenious, savagely funny, always unpredictable.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

“In some ways, [Morrow] reminds me of Mark Twain after the mid-1880s, and even more of Kurt Vonnegut. Like them, Morrow writes with a penetrating moral vision.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

“[Morrow’s] valorization of reason together with his acute sense of comic absurdity have long made him a favorite of intellectuals . . . who see him in the tradition of Twain and Vonnegut.” (Locus)

“One of America’s premier comic novelists and satirists. . . . Morrow is long overdue for a mainstream audience.” (Denver Post)

“Morrow may not mention Diderot, but in many ways Morrow is a successor to that finest of Enlightenment thinkers, a man who believed that literature and philosophy marched hand in hand and who was not afraid to discuss serious matters in a comic tone. Enthusiastically recommended for all libraries.” (Library Journal (starred review))

“Morrow is an inventive writer possessing a fine comic sensibility; the story is infused with wit and brio.” (Library Journal (starred review))

“Morrow is a good as anybody at dramatizing the notion that ideas can both kill us and save us, and THE PHILOSOPHER’S APPRENTICE may well offer about as many provocative ideas per chapter as we’ll see in any novel this year.” (Gary K. Wolfe, Locus)

“This novel [is] one of Morrow’s best . . . the creative exuberances of THE PHILOSOPHER’S APPRENTICE are easily justified by the wisdom they support. For a wise novel, then, wittier and better proportioned than most of its predecessors, due praise.” (Nick Gevers, Locus)

L'autore:

James Morrow is the author of nine previous novels, including The Last Witchfinder. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061351458
• ISBN 13: 9780061351457
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 411