The Celestial Hunter
Editorial ALLEN LANE
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial ALLEN LANE
- ISBN13 9780241296752
- ISBN10 0241296757
- Tipus Llibre
- Col.lecció GARDNERS #
- Any Edició 2022
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Paperback
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AssaigsThe Celestial Hunter
Editorial ALLEN LANE
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
'A poetic, erudite exploration of history and myth' Financial Times
An unforgettable journey through centuries and across cultures to the pivotal moment in evolution - when humans did something that no species had yet tried - when we became the hunter and no longer the prey. Informed by Greek and Egyptian myth, the stories of poets, shamans and gods, Roberto Calasso's expansive exploration of our relationship to animals and sacrifice, encourages us to reframe our understanding of our place in history, and in the world.
'Calasso has created a much discussed original genre for these books ... a dense pastiche of myth, biography, criticism, philosophy, history and minutiae ... woven together by Calasso's unflagging vision' The New Yorker