The Mirror of Ideas
The Mirror of Ideas (French: Le Miroir des idées) is a 1994 book by Michel Tournier, published by Éditions Gallimard. Jonathan F. Krell was the translator of the English version, published in 1998 by University of Nebraska Press.
It includes 58 essays discussing philosophical matters. Kenneth Baker of the San Francisco Chronicle stated that the author "feels free to take his musings in any direction" because he is a writer by trade.[1] According to Baker, the work "is hardly a skeleton key to Tournier's fiction or biography".[1]
His essays make references to people from various occupations. Several essay titles refer to twinned elements.[2]
Reception
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Jann Purdy of the University of California, Berkeley stated that the book is "an interesting introduction to his writing for newcomers or a nostalgic return" for people already reading his works.[3]
References
[edit]- Purdy, Jann (2000). "The Mirror of Ideas". Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. 52 (1). Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: 137–139. doi:10.2307/1348436. JSTOR 1348436 – via Project MUSE.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Baker, Kenneth (1998-04-19). "Opposites Interact / French writer Tournier considers ideas that go two by two". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ Frick, Thomas (1998-09-06). "Double Your Pleasure". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ Purdy, p. 137.
Further reading
[edit]- Krell, Jonathan (2013). "Traduire Tournier aux États-Unis : Les cas du Miroir des idées et d'Éléazar, ou La Source et le Buisson". In Bouloumié, Arlette (ed.). Michel Tournier: la réception d'une oeuvre en France et à l'étranger (in French). Presses universitaires de Rennes. pp. 241-.
External links
[edit]- The Mirror of Ideas - University of Nebraska Press
- Le miroir des idées at the Internet Archive (in French)
- Le Miroir des idées - Éditions Gallimard
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