George Steiner

After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation is a 1975 linguistics book written by literary critic George Steiner. It was first published in January 1975 by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom and deals with the "Babel problem" of multiple languages. After Babel is a comprehensive study of the subject of …

In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture is a 1971 book by George Steiner.

Em 1977, nas profundezas da floresta amazónica, um grupo israelita de caçadores de nazis, exausto, encontra um velho silencioso - Adolfo Hitler - e decide levá-lo até San Cristóbal, onde será julgado. A história atormentada deste transporte explora a natureza da culpa, da vingança, da dor e o poder da linguagem. No …

« Si nos processus de pensée étaient moins pressants, moins crus, moins hypnotiques, nos déceptions constantes, la masse grise de la nausée nichée au coeur de l'être, nous désempareraient moins. Les effondrements mentaux, les fuites pathologiques dans l'irréalité, l'inertie du cerveau malade peuvent, au fond, être une …