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George Steiner

George Steiner (1929–2020) was a literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. His fiction is collected in a single volume, The Deeps of the Sea and Other Fiction. His books include The Death of Tragedy (Faber), After Babel (OUP) and most recently, Grammars of Creation (Faber/Yale University Press). He was appointed an Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge in 1969.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 58
Essays & Memoir | Issue 58

Heraldry

George Steiner

‘Papa embodied, as did every corner of our Paris home, the tenor, the prodigality and glow of Jewish-European and Central-European emancipation.’

Fiction | Issue 58 padlock
Fiction | Issue 58 padlock

Proofs

George Steiner

‘Now the burn seemed to smart behind his eyes.’

Fiction | Issue 28 padlock
Fiction | Issue 28 padlock

Noël, Noël

George Steiner

‘Come Christmas, sounds mix and multiply. And are shot through with smells.’

Fiction | Issue 28 padlock
Fiction | Issue 28 padlock

Desert Island Discs

George Steiner

‘His requests did stretch the resources, almost all-encompassing, of the sound-archive. But that is part of the game.’

Fiction | Issue 28 padlock
Fiction | Issue 28 padlock

A Conversation Piece

George Steiner

‘No. Listen to me. God's confidence in Abraham was not total. Let me hammer out my meaning.’

Fiction | Issue 2 padlock
Fiction | Issue 2 padlock

The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.

George Steiner

‘At moments Hitler’s head brushed against Gideon’s cheek like a clump of wet leaves.’

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