Living Thinking Looking

Hustvedt, Siri

£9.99

Siri Hustvedt’s novels are known for being as thought-provoking as they are emotionally involving. In these essays, Hustvedt shows what lies behind her fiction – an abiding curiosity about who we are and how we got that way, which has led her into the realms of psychology and neuroscience, as well as philosophy, art and literature.

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Publish Date: 14/02/2013
ISBN: 9781444732658 Tags: ,

Description

From the internationally bestselling author of What I Loved and The Summer Without Men, a dazzling collection of essays written with Siri Hustvedt’s customary intelligence, wit and ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and lively way.

Divided into three sections – Living, which draws on Siri’s own life; Thinking, on memory, emotion and the imagination; and Looking, on art and artists – the essays range across the humanities and science as Siri explores how we see, remember, feel and interact with others, what it means to sleep, dream and speak, and what we mean by ‘self’. The combination offers a profound and fascinating insight into ourselves as thinking, feeling beings.

Additional information

Weight 286 g
Dimensions 197 × 132 × 26 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xiii, 384

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

814.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K