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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.3
EAN: 9780307279507
Edition: 25 Anv
ISBN: 0307279502
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: December 04, 2007
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: December 04, 2007
Studio: Vintage

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. An illuminating and transformative book, and completely original in its view of the world, The Gift is cherished by artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers. It is in itself a gift to all who discover the classic wisdom found in its pages.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- the gift was a gift
I perused the book but it was bought for my son who just grduted ASU in creative writing - poetry.

My only dissapointment was emailing the author to no avail

George Sudduth

Rating:

- What's Better Than A Gift?
"The grass is a uniform hieroglyphic." - W.W.

Some books will simply not go away.

I am glad this one has endured.

Through its many sub-title revisions, The Gift has retained its place as a prime interpreter of gift and commodity societies, and their relation to a culture of creativity. The connections Hyde constructs between art, science and literature are capable of provoking limitless discussion, increasing frustration, and possess enlightenment potential. ... Read More

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- Lost in the words
I had quite a few problems with this book. Let me start by saying that he obviously knows how to put words together. However the first part of the book about the anthropological aspects of the gift culture is not anything new, as he takes excerpts from various works in the field and strings them together. His contemporary example of the scientific community is innacurate. I know from 1st hand experience that the scientific community is highly competitive, and often requests for material from fellow ... Read More

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- As close to the truth as any prose about art can be
This book is the antidote to university education or years in the workforce. It is the same truth that broke my heart rearranged to buck it up again. Mr. Hyde, I only hope someday I can give it back again.

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- Bad-boy critic deploys magic charm against vampire economy
This book has been published under various subtitles since it first appeared in 1983: "Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property", "How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World" and "Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World". None of these quite captures what it really is, and that's probably because the book doesn't know what it really is, either. Lewis Hyde takes obvious delight in his work's ability to defy categorization or the pithy summary. Unique books have that quality. So do many that ... Read More

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