James Geary (Livres)

James Geary Livres

James Geary est un écrivain fasciné par les complexités du langage et de l'esprit humain. Son œuvre explore la nature de l'esprit, le pouvoir caché de la métaphore et la riche histoire des aphorismes. Il examine comment ces éléments façonnent notre compréhension du monde et notre place en son sein. Par son écriture, Geary invite les lecteurs à apprécier les manières profondes dont les mots et les idées nous relient.

I Is an Other

The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World

296pages
11 heures de lecture

“Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Geary is no less astonishing, as he deciphers the subtle implications embedded in advertising slogans, familiar slang and government double-talk…. You'll scarf down every page of I Is an Other and then ask for more.” —Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of Book by Book and Classics for Pleasure For lovers of language and fans of Blink and Freakonomics, New York Times bestselling author James Geary offers this fascinating look at metaphors and their influence in every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market.