Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

by Alan Jacobs

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From the author of HOW TO THINK and THE PLEASURES OF READING IN AN AGE OF DISTRACTION, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present

W.H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively readable new treatise BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEAD, Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the strange and wonderful writings of the past...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1984878409

ISBN13:9781984878403

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:Penguin Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.68 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Christian Spirituality Intellectual History Philosophy Of Mind Productivity Time Management Cultural Heritage Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Self Help

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