Bricks To Babel: Selected Writings With Author's Comments
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From the restless, brilliant mind that gave us Darkness at Noon and The Act of Creation comes Bricks to Babel, a sweeping anthology that gathers the finest selected writings of Arthur Koestler, accompanied by the author's own retrospective commentary — a rare and illuminating window into the intellectual evolution of one of the twentieth century's most provocative thinkers. Spanning decades of output, the collection presents Koestler's incisive arguments across politics, science, psychology, and the philosophy of creativity, charting a mind that refused to be confined by a single discipline or ideology. Koestler writes with the precision of a scientist and the passion of a novelist, and this anthology illustrates precisely why his work continues to unsettle and inspire in equal measure. The author's own commentary woven throughout transforms the collection into something approaching an intellectual autobiography, offering readers an intimate guide to the obsessions and contradictions that defined his career. For those already acquainted with Koestler's world, Bricks to Babel is an essential companion; for those newly arrived, it is a formidable and unforgettable introduction.
Author: Arthur Koestler
Format: Paperback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the restless, brilliant mind that gave us Darkness at Noon and The Act of Creation comes Bricks to Babel, a sweeping anthology that gathers the finest selected writings of Arthur Koestler, accompanied by the author's own retrospective commentary — a rare and illuminating window into the intellectual evolution of one of the twentieth century's most provocative thinkers. Spanning decades of output, the collection presents Koestler's incisive arguments across politics, science, psychology, and the philosophy of creativity, charting a mind that refused to be confined by a single discipline or ideology. Koestler writes with the precision of a scientist and the passion of a novelist, and this anthology illustrates precisely why his work continues to unsettle and inspire in equal measure. The author's own commentary woven throughout transforms the collection into something approaching an intellectual autobiography, offering readers an intimate guide to the obsessions and contradictions that defined his career. For those already acquainted with Koestler's world, Bricks to Babel is an essential companion; for those newly arrived, it is a formidable and unforgettable introduction.