UPSTREAM : How To Solve Problems Before They Happen
Language: English Publication details: London Transworld 2020Edition: 1Description: 307ISBN:- 9780552176798
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Lending | Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | 658.403 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 2024-11-03 | E1100753 |
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658.4022 MIC ALL IN : How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams | 658.4022 TRA/SO SOCIAL BRAIN | 658.403 GUP/MA MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 658.403 HEA UPSTREAM : How To Solve Problems Before They Happen | 658.403 JOS/PR PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS DECISIONS ( MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS) | 658.403 MAD/PE PERSPECTIVES ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | 658.403 MUR/IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR MODERN MANAGEMENT |
Mark Haddon weaves ancient fables into fresh and unexpected forms, and forges new legends to sit alongside them. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love - and of the monstrosities of patriarchy. The lover of a goddess, Tithonus, is gifted eternal life but without eternal youth. Actaeon, changed into a stag after glimpsing the naked Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about how humans use and misuse animals.
From genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, Haddon showcases masterfully how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks. Whether describing Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit, or St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert, his astonishing powers of observation are at their height when illuminating the thin line between human and animal.
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