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On Consolation

Michael Ignatieff

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Literatuur & Romans
  • ISBN: 9781529053784
Finding Solace in Dark Times
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:304
Illustraties:Nee
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Hoofdauteur:Michael Ignatieff
Hoofdillustrator:Ignatieff
Hoofdillustrator:Ignatieff
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Editie:1
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:140 mm
Verpakking hoogte:25 mm
Verpakking lengte:231 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:673 g
Overige kenmerken
Editie:1
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:140 mm
Verpakking hoogte:25 mm
Verpakking lengte:231 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:673 g

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Timely and profound meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize finalist Michael Ignatieff

When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes—war, famine, pandemic—we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary,