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Publisher
Laksa Media Groups Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Past, present or future--or somewhere beyond the reach of time... We grow older each day from the moment of birth to the moment of death. Though some elements of our identities may persist, they are not static. None of us is the same person today that we were yesterday or will be tomorrow. Some of us leap into a hopeful future, some cling to our former selves, some wander obliviously through the minefields and poppies of change. For all that is gained,...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Focusing on some of the best known characters in all of literature - chosen to trace the arc from childhood to old age - a brilliant psychoanalyst and professor of literature shows how our inner lives become at once stranger and more familiar when seen through the prism of fiction. In supple and elegant prose, and with all the expertise and insight of his dual profession, Josh Cohen illuminates a new way to understand ourselves. He helps us see what...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"The alternate self is a persistent theme of modern culture. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, poets and novelists-and readers-are fascinated by paths not taken. In an elegant and provocative rumination, Andrew H. Miller lingers with other selves, listening to what they have to say about our stories and our lives"--
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