Help: The Original Human Dilemma - Softcover

Garret Keizer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060816147 ISBN 13: 9780060816148

Publisher: HarperOne, 2005

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub the Date: August. 2005 Pages: 288 in Publisher by: HarperOne In a book the San Francisco Chronicle called unclassifiably wise and a masterpiece. View Mobile Site Except where otherwise noted Harper's essayist Garret Keizer explores the paradox that we are human only by helping others-and all too human when we try to help.It is the primal cry. the first word in a want ad. the last word on the tool bar of a computer screen. A song by the Beatles. a prayer to the gods. the reason Uncle Sam is pointing at you. What we get by with a little of. what we could use a bit more of. what we were only trying to do when we were so grievously misunderstood. What we'll be perfectly fine without. thank you very much.It makes us human. It can make us suffer. It can make us insufferable. It can make all the difference in the world. It can fall short.Help is like the swinging doo...

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Review:

It's an exhilarating ride . . . I, for one, am glad to have made the journey."--Kathleen Norris for Christian Century

"His examination of Help & Humankind is essaying at its best a blessing to helpful Hannahs and doubtful Thomases alike."--Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade

"[A] wide-ranging and original book, weaving a rich tapestry of ideas."--Christian Science Monitor

Full of humor, compassion, wisdom, stories, literature, and personal experiences, HELP is a beautifully written exploration--Howard Frank Mosher, author of Waiting For Teddy Williams

"This is that rare thing, a true book. Bracing, challenging and quite likely to become a classic."--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age

"A haunting treatment that makes us reconsider our best intentions."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"A model of honesty and self-awareness . . . a masterpiece of earned and provocative ambivalence."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"[A]n exceptional, moving, provocative and ultimately uplifting book."--Washington Post Book World

About the Author:

Garret Keizer is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Enigma of Anger and A Dresser of Sycamore Trees. He is a frequent contributor to Harper's Magazine. He lives with his family in northeastern Vermont.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060816147
• ISBN 13: 9780060816148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288