The Gift : How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

Author: Lewis Hyde

Social & cultural anthropology

Published on 6 December 2012 by Canongate Books (Canongate Canons) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Canons' series.

Paperback | 384 pages
205 x 142 x 22mm | 266g

The Gift brilliantly argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology Lewis Hyde's modern masterpiece has at its heart the simple and important idea that a 'gift' can inspire and change our lives.