George Steiner, one of the great literary minds of our century,
here relates the story of his own life and the ways that people,
places, and events have colored the central ideas and themes of his
work. Brilliant and witty, his memoir reveals Steiner's thoughts on
the meaning of the western tradition and its philosophic and
religious premises. Selected as a 1998 Notable Book of the Year by
the New York Times Book Review "One of our great literary and
cultural critics reflects on his life and the themes that have
aroused his passion. . . . A beautifully written and intensely
stimulating book."-Kirkus Reviews "No prominent critic shows us
better why the great books matter and how to bring to our reading
of them what concentration and awareness we're capable of."-Stephen
Goode, Washington Times "This intriguing and thoughtful book is,
and is not, Steiner's autobiography. Writing about his ideas comes
more naturally to him than writing about his lived
experience."-Victoria Glendinning, The Telegraph "A minor literary
masterpiece."-Scott Stossel, Boston Phoenix Winner of the Truman
Capote Lifetime Achievement Award in Literary Criticism in 1999
George Steiner was recently Lord Weidenfeld Visiting Professor of
Comparative Literature at Oxford University. He reviews for the
Times Literary Supplement and other American and European journals.
He is the author of numerous books that have been translated into a
dozen languages.
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