By Bruce Feiler
Since antiquity, one tale has stood on the middle of each dialog approximately women and men. One couple has been the battleground for human relationships and sexual identification. That couple is Adam and Eve. but rather than celebrating them, background has blamed them for bringing sin, deceit, and dying into the world.
during this clean retelling in their tale, New York instances columnist and PBS host Bruce Feiler travels from the backyard of Eden in Iraq to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, from John Milton’s London to Mae West’s Hollywood, getting to know how Adam and Eve will be hailed as exemplars of a long term, fit, resilient dating. At a time of discord and worry over the power of our social cloth, Feiler indicates how history’s first couple can back be function versions for harmony, forgiveness, and love.
Containing the entire humor, perception, and knowledge that experience endeared Bruce Feiler to readers world wide, The old flame tale is an unforgettable trip that restores Adam and Eve to their rightful position as imperative figures in our culture's mind's eye and reminds us that even our such a lot normal tales nonetheless be able to shock, motivate, and advisor us today.
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