{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-adam-and-eve-9780099587224","title":"The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected as a book of the year 2017 by \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it about Adam and Eve’s story that fascinates us?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecompelling, all-encompassing\u003c\/b\u003e story of myth, theology and belief ... He delves deftly and lucidly into theology... \u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sam Leith * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrilling\u003c\/b\u003e … a study of western disenchantment, of intellectual progress, of the fading powers of the myths of a simpler age. But it is a more complex study than that. It is also \u003cb\u003ean ode to human creativity and to the powerful grip of narrative\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tim Whitmarsh * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e -- Christina Borg * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnthralling, thrilling\u003c\/b\u003e… Along the way, there is an often hilarious account of scholastic efforts to rationalise the myth’s illogic, and an array of entertaining heresies… What gives Greenblatt’s “intellectual adventure” its tension and excitement is a sense of his own divided loyalties -- Peter Conrad * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErudite, wide-ranging, thought-provoking and elegantly fashioned\u003c\/b\u003e -- Darragh McManus * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eGreenblatt, on \u003cb\u003eexcellent \u003c\/b\u003eform here, visits familiar destinations ... with fresh eyes, and opens up new interpretative vistas ... Hefty themes are covered in this \u003cb\u003espellbinding \u003c\/b\u003ebook, but the learning is worn lightly. -- Jonathan Wright * BBC History magazine *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a learned book, but Greenblatt’s passion for story-telling makes it read like a series of fascinating anecdotes… \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eexhilarating\u003c\/b\u003e to read and\u003cb\u003e a feast for the mind\u003c\/b\u003e -- John Carey * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreenblatt is utterly engaging.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Miri Rubin * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eGreenblatt's inexhaustible curiosity goes without saying; what makes this book a wonder is its passion … \u003cb\u003enothing less than a love story, a hymn\u003c\/b\u003e.  Who would have thought scholarship could be so ardent or so poignant? -- Howard Jacobson, winner of the MAN Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePellucid, absorbing\u003c\/b\u003e and for many contemporary readers surely \u003cb\u003edefinitive\u003c\/b\u003e account -- John Gray * New Statesman *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732316336471,"sku":"9780099587224","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099587224.jpg?v=1719996386","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-adam-and-eve-9780099587224","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}