George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and
Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written,
but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. In this fiercely
original and audacious work, George Steiner tells of seven books
which he did not write. Because intimacies and indiscretions were
too threatening. Because the topic brought too much pain. Because
its emotional or intellectual challenge proved beyond his
capacities. The actual themes range widely and defy conventional
taboos: the torment of the gifted when they live among, when they
confront, the very great; the experience of sex in different
languages; a love for animals greater than for human beings; the
costly privilege of exile; a theology of emptiness. Yet a unifying
perception underlies this diversity. The best we have or can
produce is only the tip of the iceberg. Behind every good book, as
in a lit shadow, lies the book which remained unwritten, the one
that would have failed better.
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