Ten Letters to Montaigne - Volume 24

Socrates looked expectantly to the afterlife, when he would be able to converse with the wisest of the honored dead. J?ri Talvet has elected not to wait, but instead to begin his conversations with the wise in this life. In these ten letters, Talvet has entered into conversation with one of those wise predecessors, Michel de Montaigne. Talvet's ruminations place contemporary issues into a long historical perspective, and a rich literary context. These letters offer an uncompromising critique of current global tendencies, but Talvet's critique is matched by ? or perhaps it is ? a vision of hope.

About the author

Born in 1945 in P?rnu, Estonia, J?ri Talvet exemplifies the international public intellectual. His poetry and essays have been translated into numerous languages. In 1997 he was awarded Estonia's highest poetry honor, the Juhan Liiv Prize, and in 2009 he was invited to be one of the 54 poets to compose 'The European Constitution in Verse.'

Product details

• Authors: Juri Talvet, Jüri Talvet
• Assisted by: H L Hix (Translation), H. L. Hix (Translation), H.L. Hix (Translation)
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781771834704
• ISBN: 978-1-77183-470-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 218 g
• Series: Guernica World Editions; GWE Creative Non-Fiction
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries