Product Overview
Praised as a revelatory book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prizewinning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.
The culmination of Will Durants sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the worlds greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Over the course of Durants career he received numerous letters from curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate. With Fallen Leaves, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge.
In twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. Fallen Leaves is a thought-provoking array of opinions (Publishers Weekly), offering elegant prose, deep insights, and Durants revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species. In Durants singular voice, here is a message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating lifes journey.
