A Summer with Montaigne: On the Art of Living Well by Compagnon, Antoine

A Summer with Montaigne: On the Art of Living Well (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609455309)

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A Summer with Montaigne: On the Art of Living Well by Compagnon, Antoine

A Summer with Montaigne: On the Art of Living Well

$15.00
A Summer with Montaigne: On the Art of Living Well by Compagnon, Antoine

A Summer with Montaigne: On the Art of Living Well

$15.00
Format: Paperback
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Michel de Montaigne embodies the Humanist ideal. Curious, measured, contemplative yet not unworldly, witty, free of prejudice, and urbane. But what does Montaigne have to tell us about how to think and live today? In forty short, erudite and lively chapters written over a single summer, Antoine Compagnon seeks answers to that question.

In A Summer with Montaigne, Compagnon invites his readers to join him as he strolls through Montaigne's key contributions to our understanding of what is good and worthwhile in life. This engaging book, then, serves as both an introduction to Montaigne for readers unfamiliar with his work and a refresher for those who are already acquainted with his unique brilliance, vitality, and timeliness. Montaigne's Essays deal with themes that remain relevant today, from the problems posed by religion, war, power and friendship to the absurdity of our fixations and peccadillos. As accompanies readers through the Essays, Compagnon never pontificates and is never austere, rather he approaches Montaigne with a sense of humor, admiration, and joy.

Author: Antoine Compagnon
ISBN-10: 1609455304
ISBN-13: 9781609455309
Publisher: Europa Compass
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2019
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.60w x 0.60d

By Antoine Compagnon
By Antoine Compagnon
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Antoine Compagnon is a Professor of French Literature at Coll鑒e de France, Paris, and the Blanche W. Knopf Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, New York. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary degrees from King's College London, HEC Paris, and the University of Liege.

Tina Kover's translations for Europa include N馮ar Djavadi's National Book Award-shortlisted novel, Disoriental, Anna Gavalda's Life, Only Better, and The Little Girl on the Ice Floe by Ad駘a?e Bon. Kover is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for the translation of Manette Salomon by the Goncourt brothers.

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