Lee Siegel (2) (1945–)
Autor de Love in a Dead Language
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Sobre El Autor
Lee Siegel is professor of religious studies at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of many books, including Love in a Dead Language, Who Wrote the Book of Love?, and Love and the Incredibly Old Man, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1945-07-22
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Ocupaciones
- professor (Department of Religion|University of Hawaii)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 406
- Popularidad
- #59,889
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 17
- ISBNs
- 54
- Idiomas
- 4
- Favorito
- 1
The book is in 100 short chapters, keyed to a board for a game of snakes & ladders. The overt implication is that a reader might use a conventional die to "play" through the book. After reading Chapter 1, roll the die and move on the included board, suffering the effects of any ladder or snake thus reached. Then read the chapter for the resulting space, and continue. So I did. I probably read thirty to forty chapters in this fashion, mostly in an ascending sequence on a first rapid pass up the board before I encountered my first snake.
Although I enjoyed everything I read, the book did not benefit from the lack of narrative continuity introduced by my reading procedure. As much as my attempt was in the spirit of the book, I would not recommend this method to other readers. After several months of intermittent engagement with the book, I'm shelving it to await a more conventional reading in the future.… (más)