
Proverbs
Charles Johnson(Author)
Canongate Books (Publisher)
Published on 24. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-86241-792-5 (ISBN)
Description
Drawn from the wisdom of ancient oral tradition, this book contains two main doctrines: teaching the attainment of wisdom, and warning against life's pitfalls, from excessive drink to promiscuity. The text is introduced by Charles Johnson.
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 143 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
53 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86241-792-5 (9780862417925)
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Charles Johnson won the US National Book Award in 1990 for his novel Middle Passage. A widely published literary critic, philosopher, cartoonist, screen-writer, essayist and lecturer, he is one of twelve African-American authors honoured in an international series of stamps celebrating great writers of the twentieth century. In 1998 he received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship and in 2003 literary scholars founded the Charles Johnson Society at the American Literature Association. He is currently the Pollock Professor of English at the University of Washington.