A Gathering of Selves
The Spiritual Journey of the Legendary Writer of Superman
$48.15
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
11 October 2006
Summary
Continuing on the Path without Form introduced in An Unlikely Prophet, Alvin Schwartz discovers the many selves that dwell within a being.
- Depicts the author’s ability to use the raw strength and brooding force of Batman to reach the next level of enlightenment on a voyage of discovery of one’s self
- Explores the nature of consciousness as an interpersonal continuum of shared identities
For 17 years Alvin Schwartz lived a double life, one half of wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594771095 |
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| ISBN-10: | 159477109X |
| Author: | Alvin Schwartz |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Destiny Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“Alvin Schwartz is clearly one of the most amazing people ever to work in–maybe even out of–the nutty field of comic books. Channeling first Superman, then Batman, into an astonishing inner life and an equally astounding outer one, Alvin was living his life as a graphic novel before the term ever existed. Quite fitting for this unique talent and singular human being, who started out writing Fairy Tale Parade and made his four-color exit at stage left with Bizarro!” * Roy Thomas, author of Stan Lee’s Amazing Marvel Universe and longtime writer and editor at Marvel an *
About The Author
Alvin Schwartz
Alvin Schwartz (1916-2011) wrote Superman and Batman strips as well as many other DC comics during the 1940s and ‘50s. In 2006 he received the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. He was the author of An Unlikely Prophet and The Blowtop, which was described by the New York Times as the first conscious existentialist novel in America. He also wrote a number of screenplays and some thirty docudramas for the National Film Board of Canada.
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