What?: Are These the Twenty Most Important Questions in Human History-Or Is This a Game of Twenty Questions? - Rilegato

Kurlansky, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0802779069 ISBN 13: 9780802779069

Casa editrice: Walker & Co, 2011

Riassunto

What is What? Could it be that noted author Mark Kurlansky has written a very short, terrifically witty, deeply thought-provoking book entirely in the form of questions? A book that draws on philosophy, religion, literature, policy-indeed, all of civilization-to ask what may well be the twenty most important questions in human history? Or has he given us a really smart, impossibly amusing game of twenty questions? Kurlansky considers the work of Confucius, Plato, Gertrude Stein, Shakespeare, Descartes, Nietzsche, Freud, Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, the Talmud, Charles de Gaulle, Virginia Woolf, and others, distilling the deep questions of life to their sparkling essence. What? supplies endless fodder for thoughtful conversation but also endless opportunity to ponder and be challenged by-and entertained by-these questions in refreshingly original ways. As Kurlansky says, In a world that seems devoid of absolute certainties, how can we make declarative statements? Without asking the questions, how will we ever get to the answers? "Why are we here? Why is all of this here? Why do we die? What is death? What does it mean that outer space is infinite and what is after infinity? What is the significance of birdflight, why does matter decay, and how is our life different from that of a mosquito? Is there an end to these questions or is questioning as infinite as space?" With his striking black-and-white woodcut illustrations throughout, this handsome volume is a tour de force that packs a tremendous wallop in a deliciously compact package.

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L'autore

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Cod, Salt, The Basque History of the World, 1968, The Big Oyster, and The Eastern Stars, among many other books. Visit his Web site at www.markkurlansky.com.

Product Description

Noted author Mark Kurlansky ("Cod and Salt") has written a short, witty, thought-provoking book entirely in the form of questions. The book draws on philosophy, religion, literature, politics to ask what may well be the 20 most-important questions in human history.

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• Editore: Walker & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0802779069
• ISBN 13: 9780802779069
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 83