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Sabedoria de grandes escritores para cada ano de vida

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Joshua Prager |

TEDActive 2015

• March 2015

Tão diferentes quanto nós humanos somos uns dos outros, todos nós envelhecemos ao longo da mesma grande sequência e os padrões comuns da nossa vida passam para as páginas dos livros que amamos. Nesta comovente palestra, o jornalista Josh Prager explora as fases da vida através de citações de Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, William Trevor e outros grandes escritores, através de visualizações do desenhista gráfico Milton Glaser. "Os livros nos dizem quem temos sido, quem somos, e também quem seremos", diz Prager.

Tão diferentes quanto nós humanos somos uns dos outros, todos nós envelhecemos ao longo da mesma grande sequência e os padrões comuns da nossa vida passam para as páginas dos livros que amamos. Nesta comovente palestra, o jornalista Josh Prager explora as fases da vida através de citações de Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, William Trevor e outros grandes escritores, através de visualizações do desenhista gráfico Milton Glaser. "Os livros nos dizem quem temos sido, quem somos, e também quem seremos", diz Prager.

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