{"product_id":"goethe-his-faustian-life-the-extraordinary-story-of-modern-germany-a-troubled-genius-and-the-poem-that-made-our-world-hardcover","title":"Goethe: His Faustian Life - The Extraordinary Story of Modern Germany, a Troubled Genius and the Poem That Made Our World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'W\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject. Five Stars.\u003c\/b\u003e' - Frances Wilson, The \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eExuberant and wide-ranging'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Passionate\u003c\/b\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding recreation of Goethe's life and work from one of our greatest biographers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoethe was the inventor of the psychological novel, a pioneer scientist, great man of the theatre and a leading politician. As A. N. Wilson argues in this groundbreaking biography, it was his genius and insatiable curiosity that helped catapult the Western world into the modern era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A N. Wilson tackles the life of Goethe with characteristic wit and verve. From his youth as a wild literary prodigy to his later years as Germany's most respected elder statesman, Wilson hones in on Goethe's undying obsession with the work he would spend his entire life writing - Faust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Goethe spent over 60 years writing his retelling of Faust, a strange and powerful work that absorbed all the philosophical questions of his time as well as the revolutions and empires that came and went. It is his greatest work, but as Wilson explores, it is also something much more - it is the myth of how we came to be modern.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is one of the outstanding biographers of our time - his biographies of Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, Milton and Hilaire Belloc are beyond compare.\u003cbr\u003eHe is also a celebrated novelist - his novel, \u003ci\u003eWinnie and Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His last book \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Charles Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2020 to great critical acclaim and is at present being dramatized by Andrew Davies for British television. He lives in North London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.46 x 9.49 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755528585504,"sku":"9781472994868","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8fc8396c3886db4b7bdfb26b8c0490e3.webp?v=1780061320","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/goethe-his-faustian-life-the-extraordinary-story-of-modern-germany-a-troubled-genius-and-the-poem-that-made-our-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}