On Consolation - Finding Solace in Dark Times

Informationen zum Autor Michael Ignatieff is a writer, historian and former politician. He has taught at Cambridge, Oxford, the University of Toronto and Harvard and is currently university professor at Central European University in Vienna. His books, which have been translated into twelve languages, include Blood and Belonging , Isaiah Berlin: a life , The Needs of Strangers , The Russian Album and The Ordinary Virtues . Klappentext As read on BBC Radio 4's 'Book of the Week', a deeply moving exploration of the literature of consolation, of how writers (and the painter David and the Composer Mahler) have responded to tragedy and loss, from The Psalms to Albert Camus and Primo Levi. Zusammenfassung As read on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’, a deeply moving exploration of the literature of consolation, of how writers (and the painter David and the Composer Mahler) have responded to tragedy and loss, from The Psalms to Albert Camus and Primo Levi.

Report

Illuminating and moving, these wide-ranging portraits of men and women seeking answers in dark times . . . appeal to us all, as a universal quest and an intimate personal testament. Jenny Uglow, author of Mr. Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ignatieff
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.10.2022
• EAN: 9781529053791
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-5379-1
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; European History, SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, SELF-HELP / Meditations, HISTORY / Modern / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy of Mind, coping with stress, Coping with death & bereavement, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Coping with loneliness / solitude, Coping with / advice about stress, Coping with / advice about loneliness / solitude