A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501141090 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bought it because love earlier book " My life " Too sophisticated for me sorry .Bought it because love earlier book " My life ". A collection for committed and persistent readers, and engaged and curious minds In her introduction to A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN, essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt asks readers to think of this book as her “journey back and forth” across what she sees as the unfortunate chasm between the physical sciences and the humanities. Her own interest in both sides of this seeming divide, especially in the visual arts, literature, philosophy and neuroscience, is deep, and in this collection s. Siri Hustvedt's insistence about writing about herself is tiresome, Kierkegaard is not a good excuse Bertrand Renaud Its title made me buy this book. What could I learn from this author yet unknown to me. A woman usually has a different voice and also experiences the world differently from a man. The title promised some sparkling writing and valuable insights. Actually, this 550 pages collection of independent pieces is a roller-coaster in terms of quality of writing and interest. Occasional gemstones can be scraped out of heaps of dense charcoal
She has a PhD from Columbia University in English literature and is the internationally acclaimed author of six novels: The Blazing World,The Sorrows of an American,What I Loved,The Enchantment of Lily Dahl,Blindfold, and The Summer Without Men, as well as a growing body o
At the moment, we have only a wobbly walkway, but Hustvedt is encouraged by the travelers making their way across it in both directions. Her lively, lucid essays in A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women begin to make some sense of those plural perspectives.Divided into three parts, the first section, “A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women,” investigates the perceptual and gender biases that affect how we judge art, literature, and the world in general. Hustvedt explains the relationship between the mental and the physical realms, showing what lies beyond the argument—desire, belief, and the imagination.The final section, “What Are We? Lectures on the Human Condition,” discusses neurological disorders and the mysteries of hysteria. Among the legendary figures considered are Picasso, De Kooning, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, Anselm Kiefer, Susan Sontag, Robert Mapplethorpe, the
The Blazing World never runs out of steam in dispensing ideas and peeling back layers of truth.” (Chicago Tribune)“The Blazing World is Siri Hustvedt’s best novel yet, an electrifying work with a titanic, poignantly flawed protagonist. It offers an exhilarating reading experience for anyone willing to meet its challenge.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)“Siri Hustvedt has a rare gift for finding the human heart in what might be cerebral musings and rarefied settings.” (Columbus Dispatch)“Immediately engrossing. A novel that gloriously lives up to its title, one blazing with energy and thought." (The Times)“Masterful.Hustvedt’s long-running explorations have rarely been mer