To minimize the spoiler damage I might do, I’ll limit my review to general recommendation of “read this if you want to understand humanity better and come closer to accepting its strange ways and place in the world,” while adding some thoughts about a few threads that have relevance to scholarly publishers, editors, and researchers. I don’t want to ruin that experience for you.
The insights come regularly, and he drops them so adroitly I found myself repeatedly putting the book down to take a walk and ponder the implications. It reminded me of Edward Gibbon, but without quite the biting humor Gibbon could weave into his crystal clear prose.īecause much of what makes Sapiens such an astounding and rewarding read is how Harari unveils insight after insight, writing a review of it is a challenge. He is a gifted thinker and writer, with a clear, wise voice and a descriptive, logical style that seems timeless. Harari is on the younger side of the scholarly world, barely 40 years old now, which is a year after the book’s initial publication and certainly years after he started work on it.
It’s an excellent book I’m happy to talk about. If you were unfortunate enough to catch me after a beer this past month, you probably know about the book I’ve been reading - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
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