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What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"-the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from the past and from other cultures. In Culture, acclaimed ...

A writer of genius' - William Dalrymple Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different...

Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation i...

Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation i...

What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"-the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from the past and from other cultures. In Culture, acclaimed ...

Reading literature in a time of climate emergency can sometimes feel a bit like fiddling while Rome burns. Yet, at this turning point for the planet, scientists, policymakers, and activists have woken up to the power of stories to fight global warming. In Literature for a Changing Planet, Martin Puchner ranges across four thousand years of world literature to draw vital lessons about how we put ourselves on the path of climate change-and how w...

Die unheimliche Macht der geheimen Worte - die bewegende Geschichte des RotwelschSie hinterließen geheime Zeichen, um den Nachfolgenden anzuzeigen, wo man willkommen war und wo nicht. Und sie benutzten einen geheimen Code, um auf der Straße zu überleben. Man nannte sie Vagabunden, Ausgestoßene, fahrendes Volk. Ihre rätselhafte Sprache, das Rotwelsch, hat Martin Puchner schon in den siebziger Jahren als Kind in der fränkischen Provinz faszinier...

Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know). This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight-whether escaping persecution or just down on their luck. It was a language of the road associated with vagabonds, travelers, Jews, and thieves that blended words from Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Romani, Czech, and other European lan...

The story of the secret language of Central Europe and its legacy on the author's hidden Nazi family history, from the author of The Written World.

Learn about an underground language and the outcasts who depended upon it to survive.

Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)-vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German Protestants who disliked its speakers wanted to stamp it out. The Nazis hated it most of all. As a boy, Mart...

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Die Geschichte unserer Zivilisationen in den vergangenen vier Jahrtausenden ist eine Geschichte des geschriebenen Wortes. Die Verschriftlichung von Gründungsmythen, Erzählungen über Recht und Unrecht hat Weltreiche mehr verändert als Heerscharen von Soldaten. Martin Puchner zeigt in seinem beeindruckenden Werk, wie sechzehn Texte der Weltgeschichte, von Homers »Ilias« bis zu »Harry Potter«, unseren Blick auf die Welt und unser Handeln darin ge...

An incomparable resource, an unmatched value

An incomparable resource, an unmatched value

La letteratura, frutto del mirabile incontro fra racconto e scrittura, ha plasmato l'immaginario e la condotta di gran parte delle generazioni di esseri umani che si sono avvicendate sulla Terra negli ultimi quattromila anni, e contribuito all'ascesa e alla caduta di imperi e nazioni, alla diffusione di fedi religiose, all'affermarsi di idee filosofiche e politiche, cambiando radicalmente il corso della storia. Alla luce di tale idea guida, Ma...

An incomparable resource, an unmatched value

The story of literature in sixteen acts-from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world ...

From clay tablets to the printing press.From the pencil to the internet.From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter.This is the true story of literature -- of how great texts and technologies have shaped cultures and civilizations and altered human history. The inventions of paper, the printing press and the world wide web are usually considered the major influences on the way we share stories. Less well known is the influence of Greek generals...