Author: Margaret Visser. Published by House of Anansi Press, Toronto, ON., 2002, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor handling. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 5 x 8 inch, 169 pages including Index.
BEYOND FATE, examines why people today are often afflicted with a sense that they cannot change things for the better. They feel helpless, constrained, caught โ in a word, fatalistic...
In her characteristic lively and highly engaging prose, Visser investigates through a series of essays what fate means to us, and where the propensity to believe in it and accept it comes from.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Margaret Visserย was born in South Africa, studied at the Sorbonne, and received her doctorate in Classics from the University of Toronto. She writes on the history, anthropology, and mythology of everyday life. Her books have been translated into French, German, Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese. She appears frequently on radio and television, and has lectured extensively in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia. She divides her time among Toronto, Barcelona, and South-West France.
ISBN: 9780887846793
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