The future of truth
Herzog, Werner, 1942-2025
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What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as the hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less real or true than the grief we feel over the death of a loved one? Even if the plot of an opera seems preposterous, can't it still express strong human emotions that ring true with the audience? At the heart of the book lies Werner Herzog's concept of 'ecstatic truth' - a truth that is often hidden behind the facts and our conceptions of reality but can be gleaned through the poetic imagination, in art, literature and cinema, when we open ourselves up to an aesthetic experience.
Main title:
The future of truth / Werner Herzog ; translated by Michael Hofmann.
Author:
Herzog, Werner, 1942-, authorHofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25-, translator
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2025.
Collation:
128 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781847928405 (hbk)
Dewey class:
111.85
LC class:
BH301.T77
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
4255994
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