by George Steiner · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418245688
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A brilliant and personal selection of the fundamental texts of one of the great minds of European culture of the 20th century. This book offers a broad overview of George Steiner's ideas through a varied and exciting selection of passages from his seminal works: The Death of Tragedy, After Babel, Language and Silence... A complete and personal anthology that offers a retrospective of his career as a reader, writer and thinker. Whether on Marxist literary theory, the true meaning of Tolstoy, or the problems derived from using sexual material in novels, his agile and astute gaze provides us at all times with an unparalleled pleasure as readers.
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Francis George Steiner, FBA was a French and American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, as well as the impact of the Holocaust. A 2001 article in The Guardian described Steiner as a "polyglot and polymath".
