Lee Siegel (2) (1945–)
Autor(a) de Love in a Dead Language
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About the Author
Lee Siegel is professor of religious studies at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of many books, including Love in a Dead Language, Who Wrote the Book of Love?, and Love and the Incredibly Old Man, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Obras por Lee Siegel
Sacred and profane dimensions of love in Indian traditions, as exemplified in the Gītagovinda of Jayadeva (1978) 6 exemplares
Vivisections 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1945-07-22
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Ocupações
- professor (Department of Religion|University of Hawaii)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 404
- Popularidade
- #60,140
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Críticas
- 17
- ISBN
- 54
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
The book is in 100 short chapters, keyed to a board for a game of snakes & ladders. The overt implication is that a reader might use a conventional die to "play" through the book. After reading Chapter 1, roll the die and move on the included board, suffering the effects of any ladder or snake thus reached. Then read the chapter for the resulting space, and continue. So I did. I probably read thirty to forty chapters in this fashion, mostly in an ascending sequence on a first rapid pass up the board before I encountered my first snake.
Although I enjoyed everything I read, the book did not benefit from the lack of narrative continuity introduced by my reading procedure. As much as my attempt was in the spirit of the book, I would not recommend this method to other readers. After several months of intermittent engagement with the book, I'm shelving it to await a more conventional reading in the future.… (mais)