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I am Dynamite!

A Life of Nietzsche

Sue Prideaux Nicholas Guy Smith Random House Audio

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English
Bolinda Audio Books
04 October 2018
Friedrich Nietzsche's work blasted the foundation of western thinking. The death of God, the UEbermensch and the slave morality permeate our culture, high and low, and yet he is one of history's most misunderstood philosophers.

Nietzsche himself thought that all philosophy was autobiographical and in this myth-shattering book, Sue Prideaux brings listeners into the world of a brilliant, eccentric and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work. From his placid, devoutly Christian upbringing, overshadowed by the mysterious death of his father, through his lonely philosophising on high mountains, to the horror and pathos of his final descent into madness, Prideaux explores Nietzsche's intellectual, emotional and spiritual life with insight and sensitivity.

The book is studded with unforgettable portraits of the people who were most important to him, including Richard and Cosima Wagner, Lou Salome - the femme fatale who broke his heart - and his rabidly nationalist and anti-Semitic sister Elizabeth, who betrayed him by manipulating his texts and putting them to infinite misuse at the hands of the Nazis. Today, Nietzsche's ideas continue to be adopted by both the left and the right. I Am Dynamite! is the essential biography for anyone seeking to understand the philosopher who foresaw - and sought solutions to - our own troubled times.

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Imprint:   Bolinda Audio Books
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Simultaneous Release
ISBN:   9781489460318
ISBN 10:   1489460314
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sue Prideaux is Anglo-Norwegian. Her first biography, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and she has spoken on Munch for the World Monuments Fund, at literary festivals, at the Royal Academy in London and at MOMA in New York for CBS television and for Korean TV. She has written on Munch for the Royal Academy, Sotheby's, the Art Newspaper and other publications. While writing about Munch, Sue became increasingly fascinated by his friend August Strindberg. Strindberg: A Life was published by Yale in March 2012. It was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for nonfiction and won the Duff Cooper prize. With over 20 years of recording experience, British voiceover artist Nicholas Guy Smith continues to be a much sought-after voiceover actor of promos, video games, cartoons, documentaries and audiobooks. He has voiced characters for Fox, Paramount, Disney and the Cartoon Network, to name but a few. With his extensive range of character voices, he has brought literally hundreds of characters to life. But he is still best known for his suave and sophisticated sound that can be heard in numerous national radio and television commercials.

Reviews for I am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche

[On Strindberg: A Life] 'Fascinating and beautifully written.' -- The Sunday Telegraph [On Strindberg: A Life] 'A rich and absorbing biography.' -- The Sunday Times


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