The Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father
"Artfully told and laugh-out-loud funny", says the Los Angeles Times Book Review of this long out-of-print novel--now being rediscovered. Lewis's hilarious tale of one Stone Age family offers highly-revised accounts of the invention of fire, the origins of courtship, and much more. Charles Darwin...
show more
"Artfully told and laugh-out-loud funny", says the Los Angeles Times Book Review of this long out-of-print novel--now being rediscovered. Lewis's hilarious tale of one Stone Age family offers highly-revised accounts of the invention of fire, the origins of courtship, and much more. Charles Darwin may turn over in his grave.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679750093 (0679750096)
ASIN: 679750096
Publish date: August 30th 1994
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Science Fiction,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Speculative Fiction,
English Literature
Cambiano le ere geologiche. Ma noi no. “Io sto costruendo il futuro, e voi brontolate perché bisogna lasciare la caverna per un annetto o due […]. Io già prevedo il giorno in cui tutte le orde avranno la loro caverna, ogni caverna il suo fuoco, ogni fuoco lo spiedo con un bel quarto di cavallo ad a...
Ricordo che comprai questo libro durante i primi anni di liceo, per una lettura estiva imposta dalla prof. di italiano. Ora, studiando per l'esame di antropologia dell'università, mi è tornato in mente e sono andata a recuperarlo nella libreria, alquanto in buono stato. Per dieci anni, mi ero quasi ...
A nice short read who talk about the evolution of men (acquisition of fire, exogamy, utilization of tools,...) in a playful way and ends up dealing with modern issues. Well done.
Log in with Facebook 
