Reviews for Real presences

The average rating for Real presences based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-11-30 00:00:00 William Silver Reading a George Steiner book, one is forced to take on the force of the entirety of the Western tradition. Fortunately, Steiner is so deft a writer that it feels less like the notes to a Great Books club and more like the personal musings of your favorite polyglot literature professor. In Real Presences, Steiner's proposed task is enormous: explain the difficulty of grasping meaning, tell us why deconstruction, though philosophically viable, is ultimately unfruitful, and try to point a different path out. Though his arguments are far from watertight, Steiner's book represents a real attempt to overcome the most influential intellectual force of our time, and does so in a very entertaining way. Bravo, Mr. Extraordinary Fellow (his actual title at Cambridge)!

Review # 2 was written on 2014-02-11 00:00:00 Dave Adams It's the first Steiner's book I read. I had seen him on TV. It releases from this person a wisdom and a generosity which has those which know. Georges Steiner is a dynosaure. He is the reflection of this culture mittel europa which was destroyed in the Second World War. His erudition is extraordinary, never pedant. His sense of humour punctuates his demonstrations. We feel clever when whe read him. Please, Mr. Steiner,don't ever die.