Places of Mind av Timothy Brennan

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<b>''An intimate portrait ... Critical, generous and heartfelt'' Ahdaf Soueif, <i>Guardian</i></b><b>''An intriguing account of an alluring but evasive character¿ <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b>Drawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of interviews, Timothy Brennan¿s <i>Places of Mind</i> is the first comprehensive biography of Said, one of the most controversial and celebrated intellectuals of the 20th century. In Brennan¿s masterful work, Said, the pioneer of post-colonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an erudite literary critic, emerges as a self-doubting, tender, and eloquent advocate of literature¿s dramatic effects on politics and civic life. <i>Places of Mind</i> charts the intertwined routes of Said¿s intellectual development, revealing him as a study in opposites: a cajoler and strategist, a New York intellectual with a foot in Beirut, an orchestra impresario in Weimar and Ramallah, a raconteur on national television, a Palestinian negotiator