Landscape and Memory - Rilegato

Schama, Simon

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ISBN 10: 0679402551 ISBN 13: 9780679402558

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995

Riassunto

The author of The Embarrassment of Riches takes a fascinating journey through time and space to explore the rich treasury of myths that have transformed the landscape of Western culture. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

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Recensione:

"Marvelously rich and eloquent...Entertaining...Wonderfully learned and perceptive." --The New York Times Book Review

"[Schama's] sinewy prose is everywhere enlivened by an illuminating wit and fueled by a relentless and joyful curiosity...You get the impression he will venture anywhere, intellectually speaking, in pursuit of his historical prey...He's a scintillating guide." --The Globe and Mail

"Fascinating...A potpourri of biography, art history and much else, skillfully blended and handsomely illustrated...Insightful." --Maclean's

L'autore:

Simon Schama is Old Dominion Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University.  He is the author of Citizens, Dead Certainties and An Embarrassment of Riches.  Simon Schama lives in New York with his wife and their two children.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679402551
• ISBN 13: 9780679402558
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 652