The Celestial Hunter

By: Roberto Calasso

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Paperback | 3 August 2021 | Edition Number 1

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464 Pages

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2.5 x 12.7 x 19.6

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An extraordinary tale of transformation from the renowned Italian writer, thinker and publisher

'When hunting began, it was not a man who chased an animal. It was a being that chased another being. No one could say with certainty who each of them were.'

Connecting Greek and Egyptian myth, the stories of poets, shamans and gods, Roberto Calasso takes us on a spellbinding voyage that traces the beginnings of our detachment from the animal world; from the landmark evolutionary moment in which humans became the hunter rather than the prey. Roaming through time and across cultures - from the Palaeolithic era to Turing's Machine - The Celestial Hunter delves into the crucible of all our stories: the source of human grief, guilt, resilience and redemption with which we have wrestled throughout history.

Industry Reviews

Informed by myth, this damning exploration of man's detachment from the animal world is ninth in a staggeringly learned series -- Stuart Jeffries * Guardian *
A poetic, erudite exploration of history, myth and hunting as the first 'art for art's sake' . . . Calasso practises a sort of literary palaeoarchaeology . . . he writes like a poet, not a professor, in glinting, enigmatic nuggets of narrative finely voiced by his translator Richard Dixon * Financial Times *
Allusive ... dazzlingly eclectic ... The Celestial Hunter is an 'initiation through the book', speculative but capable of changing how you see things -- Dominic Green * Spectator *
Calasso is especially good at describing the characters of myth and legend with a novelist's omniscient authority ... whose flow of associations leaves you feeling not out of your depth, but smarter and better read -- A. E. Stallings * New York Times *

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