I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World
James Geary
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Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. "Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Geary is no less astonishing, as he deciphers the subtle implications embedded in advertising slogans, familiar slang and government double-talk. You'll scarf down every page of I Is an Other and then ask for more." --Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of Book by Book and Classics for Pleasure For lovers of language and fans of Blink and Freakonomics , New York Times bestselling author James Geary offers this fascinating look at metaphors and their influence in every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market. Codice articolo dd33b49a-9270-4e3d-a638-de1109aff92f
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“Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Geary is no less astonishing, as he deciphers the subtle implications embedded in advertising slogans, familiar slang and government double-talk…. You'll scarf down every page of I Is an Other and then ask for more.” —Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of Book by Book and Classics for Pleasure
For lovers of language and fans of Blink and Freakonomics, New York Times bestselling author James Geary offers this fascinating look at metaphors and their influence in every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market.
Informazioni sull?autore: JAMES GEARY is the author of Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists and the New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism.
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