Overview
Un fascinante viaje por las civilizaciones a través de los cincuenta libros más influyentes de la historia.
Este libro es un emblema de la cultura y de todas las civilizaciones. Aquí conviven una multitud de historias para contarnos cómo ha caminado la humanidad en este planeta. Daniel Smith da cuenta de este camino a través de cincuenta de los libros más importantes, cuya influencia marcaron el devenir de percepciones y realidades.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sharing stories, dispersing knowledge, examining the nature of our extraordinary species and imagining what lies beyond our known world. Books ultimately provide an invaluable and comprehensive record of what it means to be human.
This volume takes a curated list of fifty of the most influential books of all time, putting each into its historical context. From ancient game-changers like the Epic of Gilgamesh, through sacred texts and works of philosophical rumination by the likes of Confucius and Plato, via scientific treatises, historic ‘firsts’ (like the first printed book) and cultural works of enduring impact (think Shakespeare, Cervantes and Joseph Heller), these are volumes that are at once both products of their societies and vital texts in moulding those same civilizations. It would take a lifetime and more to read and absorb all of them. But this volume allows you to become ridiculously well read in just a fraction of the time. This isn’t a celebration of the canon, it’s about the books that have changed how we think and live – and which have changed the course of history.
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