{"product_id":"the-bright-book-of-life-isbn-9781984898432","title":"The Bright Book of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold Bloom—who for more than half a century was regarded as America's most daringly original and controversial literary critic—gives us his only book devoted entirely to the art of the novel. With his hallmark percipience, remarkable scholarship, and extraordinary devotion to sublimity, Bloom offers meditations on forty-eight essential works spanning the Western canon, from \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e; from \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Here are trenchant appreciations of fiction by, among many others, Austen, Balzac, Dickens, Tolstoy, James, Conrad, Lawrence, Le Guin, and Sebald.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhether you have already read these books, plan to, or simply care about the importance and power of fiction, Harold Bloom is your unparalleled guide to understanding literature with new intimacy.“Harold Bloom was one of the leading critics of his generation, and there is no question about his erudition. It is on full display.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Bright Book of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the reflection of a lifetime of reading from a great, deep, exhaustive reader of novels.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Elegant and insightful. . . . With loquacious reflection made palatable by thoughtful, meaty prose—underscored by lengthy excerpts from each title—Bloom makes the case for why these timeless works of fiction remain important and powerful.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Shelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fresh insights and renewed joys . . . fervent . . . dedicated . . . [Bloom] candidly analyzes what he considers a novel’s shortcomings and where he differs with other critics’ assessments. [His] ardent celebration of novels is tinged with the inevitable losses of old age. . . . Warm recollections of a singular literary life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHAROLD BLOOM lived in New Haven and was a Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University, where he taught for over sixty years. Before that, he was Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than forty books include \u003ci\u003ePossessed by Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Anxiety of Influence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Daemon Knows: Literary Greatness and the American Sublime\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a MacArthur Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the Catalonia International Prize, and Mexico's Alfonso Reyes International Prize. He lived in New Haven until his death on October 14, 2019, at the age of eighty-nine.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299792146661,"sku":"NP9781984898432","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984898432.jpg?v=1767738536","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-bright-book-of-life-isbn-9781984898432","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}