Winter Us Edition: Five Windows on the Season (CBC Massey Lectures) - Softcover

Gopnik, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088784975X ISBN 13: 9780887849756

Verlag: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, 2011

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Book by Gopnik Adam

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Praise for Angels and Ages:
"A scintillating synthesis of history, biography, and cultural commentary . . . Gopnik is a writer of dazzling skill and daunting accomplishment."
-- "Chicago Tribune"

Praise for "Angels and Ages: "
"A scintillating synthesis of history, biography, and cultural commentary . . . Gopnik is a writer of dazzling skill and daunting accomplishment."
-- "Chicago Tribune"
- A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2011

"Winter is a soulful, studied meditation on the season that most captures our imagination ... highly recommended." -- "New York Review of Books"

.".. a stream of endlessly entertaining insights and ideas -- a treasury of people and places and art." -- "Globe and Mail"

.".. beautifully written ..." -- "Columbian"

."..outstanding...[Adam Gopnik's] windows on winter illuminate varied aspects of the season, but, more profoundly, they also shed light on the human condition and our complex relationship with nature." --"Toronto Star"
A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2011

"Winter is a soulful, studied meditation on the season that most captures our imagination ... highly recommended." -- "New York Review of Books"

.".. a stream of endlessly entertaining insights and ideas -- a treasury of people and places and art." -- "Globe and Mail"

.".. beautifully written ..." -- "Columbian"

."..outstanding...[Adam Gopnik's] windows on winter illuminate varied aspects of the season, but, more profoundly, they also shed light on the human condition and our complex relationship with nature." --"Toronto Star"
A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2011
"Winter is a soulful, studied meditation on the season that most captures our imagination highly recommended." "New York Review of Books"
" a stream of endlessly entertaining insights and ideas -- a treasury of people and places and art." "Globe and Mail"
" beautifully written " "Columbian"
"outstanding[Adam Gopnik's] windows on winter illuminate varied aspects of the season, but, more profoundly, they also shed light on the human condition and our complex relationship with nature." "Toronto Star"
"

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2011
"Winter is a soulful, studied meditation on the season that most captures our imagination highly recommended." New York Review of Books
" a stream of endlessly entertaining insights and ideas -- a treasury of people and places and art." Globe and Mail
" beautifully written " Columbian
"outstanding[Adam Gopnik's] windows on winter illuminate varied aspects of the season, but, more profoundly, they also shed light on the human condition and our complex relationship with nature." Toronto Star
"

Reseña del editor:

Collects the thoughts and perspectives of artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, and scientists on the season of winter, from reflections on snow and God to the future of northern culture.

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• Verlag: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 088784975X
• ISBN 13: 9780887849756
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272