The Seven Deadly Sins Set
Consisting of Greed
, Gluttony
, Envy
, Lust
, Sloth
, Anger
, and Pride
ISBN13: 9780195308655ISBN10: 0195308654
hardback,
1056 pages
,
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$125.65 (08)Description
"What midsummer night's feast would be digestible without Francine Prose's Gluttony ; what weekend jaunt to your best friend's chateau would be survivable without Joseph Epstein's Envy ? And you'll need Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth (wickedly subtitled 'And How to Get It') while you're struggling out of your deck chair." --O, The Oprah MagazineAvailable as a set only through this special catalog, here are seven engaging meditations on sin, written by some of our most eminent authors.
"A series of small, cleverly illustrated, and scintillating volumes."--Booklist . "Whimsically packaged examinations of Lust by Simon Blackburn, Gluttony by Francine Prose, Envy by Joseph Epstein, Anger by Robert Thurman, Greed by Phyllis Tickle, Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein, and Pride by Michael Eric Dyson become playgrounds for cultural reflection by authors and playwrights in Oxford's Seven Deadly Sins series."--Publishers Weekly (on the series). "What midsummer night's feast would be digestible without Francine Prose's Gluttony ; what weekend jaunt to your best friend's chateau would be survivable without Joseph Epstein's Envy ? And you'll need Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth (wickedly subtitled 'And How to Get It') while you're struggling out of your deck chair." --O, The Oprah Magazine
Available as a set only through this special catalog, here are seven engaging meditations on sin, written by some of our most eminent authors.
Reviews
"What midsummer night's feast would be digestible without Francine Prose's Gluttony ; what weekend jaunt to your best friend's chateau would be survivable without Joseph Epstein's Envy ? And you'll need Wendy Wasserstein's Sloth (wickedly subtitled 'And How to Get It') while you're struggling out of your deck chair."--O, The Oprah Magazine
"Whimsically packaged examinations of Lust by Simon Blackburn, Gluttony by Francine Prose, Envy by Joseph Epstein, Anger by Robert Thurman, Greed by Phyllis Tickle, Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein, and Pride by Michael Eric Dyson become playgrounds for cultural reflection by authors and playwrights in Oxford's Seven Deadly Sins series."--Publishers Weekly (on the series)
