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“[C]ollections of essays don’t come any better than this. All readers who like lively writing and good thinking, especially relating to art criticism and history, will enjoy this book.” Informationen zum Autor Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His award-winning books include Scribble, Scribble, Scribble ; The American Future: A History ; National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rough Crossings ; The Power of Art ; The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age ; Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution ; Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations) ; Landscape and Memory ; Rembrandt's Eyes ; and the History of Britain trilogy. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel, including the Emmy-winning Power of Art , on subjects that range from John Donne to Tolstoy. Klappentext In this passionate and provocative collection, the brilliant Simon Schama reveals his lighter, more playful side as he brings his keen critical sensibility to a wide range of topics. Captivating and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble captures Schama's wit and acute observations as he holds forth on everything from food and family to Winston Churchill, Martin Scorsese, and Richard Avedon, from Rubens to Rembrandt, from his travels in Brazil and Amsterdam to sailing on the Queen Mary 2. Never predictable, always stimulating, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble is a treasure trove of surprises that highlight Schama's sense of humor, curiosity, and idiosyncrasies, allowing us to view the world, in all its diversity, through the eyes of one of its most intelligent, witty, and original inhabitants. Zusammenfassung “Schama is a masterful stylist and storyteller.” —Boston Globe “A writer of gorgeous prose.” — Washington Post The ever erudite, always delightfully curious Simon Schama returns with Scribble, Scribble, Scribble , a wonderful compendium of thirty provocative, witty, enlightening, and stimulating essays previously published but collected in a single volume for the first time. One of our most distinguished historians and commentators, Schama, the acclaimed author of The American Future: A History , explores an amazing diversity of topics—from the political to the personal, from the earth-shaking to the mundane, from ice cream to Churchill to Hurricane Katrina and everything in-between. In Scribble, Scribble, Scribble , Simon Schama opens up his—and our—wide world to us. ...
