THE WRITTEN WORLD

The story of literature in sixteen actsfrom Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifest o, and how they shaped world historyIn this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and ar ound the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts sel ected from more than four thousand years of world literature, he shows us how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, t...[Leer más]