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The Book of All Books
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‘Beautiful, intellectually thrilling . . . unlike anything else’ TelegraphPromise and separation. Grace and guilt. The chosen and the damned. Roberto Calasso’s captivating retelling of key stories from the bible evokes the dramatic world of the Old Testament and casts one of the founding texts of Western civilization in an astonishing – and disquieting – new light. The Book of All Books is the culmination of a lifetime’s work and the tenth part of a series that began with The Ruin of Kasch.’Engaging . . . enlightening’ Financial Times’Surprising . . . vivid’ Spectator
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| Weight | 0.337 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.6 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 464 |
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| Year Published | 2022-11-17 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0141992867 |
| About The Author | Roberto Calasso (Author) Roberto Calasso was born in Florence in 1941. An author and publisher, he began working at Adelphi Edizioni from its founding in 1962 and continued as director for fifty years. The Book of All Books is the tenth part of a series that began with The Ruin of Kasch and includes the international bestseller The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony as well as Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, Ardor, The Celestial Hunter and The Unnamable Present. He died in Milan in 2021.Tim Parks (Translator) Tim Parks has previously translated works by Machiavelli, Leopardi, Moravia, Pavese, and Calvino. He is also the author of many novels and works of nonfiction, most recently In Extremis and The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna. |
Beautiful, intellectually thrilling, and possessed of a kind of empyrean wryness that makes it unlike anything else . . . And, thanks in part to the heroic patience and skill of translator Tim Parks, it is often straightforwardly enjoyable and funny |
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| Other text | Engaging . . . Calasso links the tales with reflections on sacrifice, election, evil, separation and redemption – losing, enlightening and perfecting himself in the process |
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