Humanly Possible : The great humanist experiment in living by Bakewell, Sarah

Author: Bakewell, Sarah

Biography: general

Published on 21 March 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 464 pages
197 x 127 x 30 | 368g

The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Caf explores the great tradition of humanist writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human.

*** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ***

A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR ***’I can’t imagine a better history’ PHILIP PULLMAN * ‘Fascinating, moving, funny’ OLIVER BURKEMANIf you are reading this, you may already be a humanist. Even if you don’t know it.

Do you love literature and the arts? Do you have a strong moral compass despite not being formally religious? Do you simply believe that individual lives are more important than grand political visions? If any of these apply, you are part of a long t