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Stories We Tell Ourselves

Stories We Tell Ourselves

Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe, 6 Audio CDs Included

by Richard Holloway
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 16/08/2020

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An examination of how we make sense of the world, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of what it all means: our place in a small corner of one of billions of galaxies, at the end of billions of years of existence. In this new work Richard Holloway takes us on a personal, scientific and philosophical journey to explore what he believes the answers to the biggest of questions are. He examines what we know about the universe into which – without any choice in the matter – we are propelled at birth and from which we are expelled at death; the stories we have told about where we come from; and the stories we tell to get through this muddling experience of life.

Thought-provoking, revelatory, compassionate and playful, Stories We Tell Ourselves is a personal reckoning with life's mysteries by one of the most important and beloved thinkers of our time.

ISBN:
9780655687344
9780655687344
Category:
History
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
16-08-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
6
Dimensions (mm):
134x146mm
Weight:
0.17kg

"Holloway writes with passion and honesty at all times, and the result is compelling."
Guardian

"An inclusive and hugely nourishing reminder to take stock of our mortality...Elegant, elegiac and thought-provoking."
The Observer

"Thought-provoking, revelatory, grave and comforting. It is impossible not to be moved by it in the most profound way."
Alexander McCall Smith

Richard Holloway

Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Leaving Alexandria won the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2013 and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013. Holloway has written for many newspapers in Britain, including The Times, Guardian, Observer, Herald and Scotsman. He has also presented many series for BBC television and radio; Waiting for the Last Bus originated as a five-part series on Radio 4 in 2016.

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