Andy Martin (1) (1952–)
Auteur de The Boxer & The Goal Keeper: Sartre versus Camus
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Andy Martin teaches at Columbia, Rutgers, and Cambridge universities.
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The Boxer & The Goal Keeper par Andy Martin
A unique book comparing the two mid-20th century philosophers, their lives, and friendhip and fallout. I've always liked Camus (Cam-us) and what was revealed here humanized him and made me sympathetic. Mostly well written and organized though I would have left out the chapter on drug use.
½Much more about the writings and philosophies of these two than straight biographies. The rivalry and falling out give it a certain narrative thrust but, to get the most out of it, you really have to be familiar with both men's writings. And so, I struggled a bit having not read anything by them for quite a few years.
This would have made a great study guide to read simultaneously with Napoleon Wrote Fiction, but was interesting by itself as well. Andy Martin could be mistaken for an American author due to the style in which he writes, if not for his use of the English [U.K] dictionary. Too many authors nowadays will have read less than half a dozen books on a subject & think themselves qualified to write their own on the subject, but Martin is not one of them. His book is as well researched as it is interesting.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 95
- Popularité
- #197,646
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 55
- Langues
- 1