The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt audiobook

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

By Stephen Greenblatt
Read by Edoardo Ballerini

Recorded Books, Inc.

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781664406094

  • ISBN: 9781664513921

  • ISBN: 9781664661424

Runtime: 9.70 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/History
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A New York Times bestseller

Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Nonfiction

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

A 2011 New York Times Book Review Notable Book

A 2011 Barnes & Noble Best Book for Nonfiction

A 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Book for Nonfiction

A 2011 ALA Notable Book for Fiction

Renowned historian Stephen Greenblatt's works shoot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. With The Swerve, Greenblatt transports listeners to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. "More wonderfully illuminating Renaissance history from a master scholar and historian."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Author Bio: Stephen Greenblatt

Author Bio: Stephen Greenblatt

Stephen Greenblatt is the author of fourteen books, including The Swerve, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, and Will in the World, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He has written extensively on English Renaissance literature and acts as general editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature and The Norton Shakespeare. He is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 9.70
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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