George Prochnik: 5 books

Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem—the 20th century thinker who cracked open Jewish theology and history with a radical reading of Kabbalah—Prochnik combines biography and memoir to counter our contemporary political crisis with an original and urgent reimagining of the future of...

Winner of the 2007 Gradiva Award An innovative work of biography that traces the lasting impact of the friendship between Sigmund Freud and pioneering American psychologist James Jackson Putnam. In 1909 Sigmund Freud made his only visit to America, which included a trip to "Putnam...

A brilliant, far-reaching exploration of the frontiers of noise and silence, and the growing war between them.   Between iPods, music-blasting restaurants, earsplitting sports stadiums, and endless air and road traffic, the place for quiet in our lives grows smaller by the day*.  In Pursuit of Silence*...

¿Por qué el exilio, tan fructífero para autores como Thomas Mann, Hannah Arendt o Levi- Strauss, resultó tan terriblemente insoportable para Zweig? A esta pregunta trata de responder Prochnik en este conmovedor retrato de un personaje único. Stefan Zweig ha sido uno de los autores más...

An original study of exile, told through the biography of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig   By the 1930s, Stefan Zweig had become the most widely translated living author in the world. His novels, short stories, and biographies were so compelling that they became instant best sellers. Zweig was also...