{"product_id":"the-oxford-book-of-aphorisms-9780192804563","title":"The Oxford Book of Aphorisms","description":"An aphorism is \"a short pithy statement or maxim,\" but beneath this definition lies a wealth of wit and insight to which neither the word nor a brief description can do justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology demonstrates just how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and just how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate the hidden truth, or lay bare the ironies of existence. Specific sections on desires and longings, self-doubt, fame and reputations, happiness and sorrow, cover the whole range of aphoristic literature. This book brings together the most diverse figures--the classic aphorists, like La Rochefoucauld; the philosophers, from the Greeks to Samuel Johnson to Virginia Woolf--as well as statesmen, scientists, boulevardiers, Olympians, and gadflies. John Gross draws on their wisdom and wit to produce an anthology that will be referred to time and time again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.73h x 5.07w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192804563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Gross\u003c\/strong\u003e is former editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and was on the staff of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e from 1983 to 1988. He has been theatre critic of the \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e since 1989 and is the editor of other Oxford anthologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43575057940595,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":57.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ba7c0370-afe3-467a-a81f-2fdd8fc7c964.jpg?v=1755342413","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-oxford-book-of-aphorisms-9780192804563","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}