Au sommet de la vie | Philippe Thureau-Dangin

EAN : 9782258206670

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 208

Size : 120 x 210 mm

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Novelty

At the top of life

Philippe Thureau-Dangin

Release date : 15/02/2024

This luminous essay reveals that old age is not a useless time: it can be a time of freedom and creativity.

It’s curious to see that, in our countries that count more and more old people, old age is still poorly considered and ostracized.

And yet, at this point in their lives, many women and men have demonstrated great qualities, creativity, courage and remarkable tenacity. In their private lives, in their families,... It’s curious to see that, in our countries that count more and more old people, old age is still poorly considered and ostracized.

And yet, at this point in their lives, many women and men have demonstrated great qualities, creativity, courage and remarkable tenacity. In their private lives, in their families, in their businesses, but also in public life.

Politicians like Clemenceau, artists like Goya, Titian and Picasso. Filmmakers like Manoel de Oliveira or philosphers like Claude Lévi-Strauss. Scientists like Rita Levi-Montalcini, writers like Nathalie Sarraute, architects like Oscar Niemeyer and economists... All of them have forbidden themselves from being ‘old’.

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EAN : 9782258206670

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 208

Size : 120 x 210 mm

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