Intre Plata Si Rasplata. Datoriile Si Latura Intunecata A Bogatiei

by Margaret Atwood

Aparuta initial in 2008 - in plina criza financiara si cu trei ani inainte ca antropologul David Graeber sa-si publice faimosul si enciclopedicul studiu privind datoria -, cartea autoarei canadiene Margaret Atwood investigheaza povara datoriei atunci cand ea nu are legatura doar cu banii. Demersul lui Atwood, cunoscuta in special pentru operele sale de fictiune, este unul in cele cinci capitole-eseu ale cartii, autoarea discuta aspectele psihologice, sociologice, istorice, dar si teologice si ecologice ale conceptului de datorie, pronind de la experienta personala si a altora, de la studiile si cercetarile realizate de specialisti, precum si de la opere de fictiune, ca de pilda Negutatorul din Venetia, Faust, Paradisul pierdut sau Poveste de Craciun. Intr-o sumara incursiune in antropolgia animala, autoarea sugereaza ca datoria si simtul dreptatii sunt trasaturi genetice pe care oamenii le au in comun cu alte primate. Pe axa spatiu-timp, Intre plata si rasplata ne poarta prin Mesopotamia, Egipt si Grecia antica, in Europa medievala si moderna, apoi intr-o lume a viitorului ce ar putea sa fie. Margaret Atwood este o autoare de literatura de fictiune, premiata de doua ori cu Booker Prize, care abordeaza erudit, riguros si documentat o problema ce a framantat societatea inca din cele mai vechi timpuri. Intre plata si rasplata reuneste cinci prelegeri-eseu pe tema datoriei pe care Atwood le-a tinut in diverse orase canadiene in cadrul conferintelor anuale Massey Lectures.

224 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.

Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood's dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth ­ in the Massey series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood's work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.

Margaret Atwood currently lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.

Associations: Margaret Atwood was President of the Writers' Union of Canada from May 1981 to May 1982, and was President of International P.E.N., Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986. She and Graeme Gibson are the Joint Honourary Presidents of the Rare Bird Society within BirdLife International. Ms. Atwood is also a current Vice-President of PEN International.

Reviews

[Oana D · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very, very complex analysis of the concept of duty with all the human implications. It was a pleasure to read it.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

O lectură interesantă. Recomand.