—The Graduate Center at CUNY—
with Lawrence Weschler and Kai Bird
I discuss Oliver Sacks and Biography
— New Video —
to be published by A. A. Knopf
Dr. Oliver Sacks
Biography of celebrated neurologist and writer
— Current project —
“The lives and works of these men come
across as fit for Masterpiece Theatre.”
across as fit for Masterpiece Theatre.”
The Wall Street Journal
Diez libros de no ficción que han marcado 2017
Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of 2017
The New York Times
EDICIÓN ESPAÑOL
“Exciting . . . . a natural successor to Jenny Uglow’s
The Lunar Men and Richard Holmes’s The Age of Wonder.”
The Lunar Men and Richard Holmes’s The Age of Wonder.”
Washington Post
“Absorbing. . . . Snyder takes us back through time, beyond
the shadows and reflections, to the very heart of Vermeer’s art.”
the shadows and reflections, to the very heart of Vermeer’s art.”
The Independent (UK)
“Snyder beautifully evokes the
ambience of late-seventeenth-century
Delft. . . . She is revelatory about Vermeer’s aims and methods.”
Delft. . . . She is revelatory about Vermeer’s aims and methods.”
Nature
“Irresistible . . . . Spectacular . . . .[Snyder] ingeniously explores
the minutiae of her subjects’ lives to reveal sweeping changes
in how their world was understood—ones that still resonate today.”
the minutiae of her subjects’ lives to reveal sweeping changes
in how their world was understood—ones that still resonate today.”
New Scientist
“Laura Snyder is both a masterly scholar and a powerful storyteller.
She transports us to the wonder-age of seventeenth-century Holland.
A fabulous book.”
She transports us to the wonder-age of seventeenth-century Holland.
A fabulous book.”
Oliver Sacks
“This delightful book is solidly researched
but reads like a novel—and a good one at that!”
but reads like a novel—and a good one at that!”
Walter Liedtke · Metropolitan Museum of Art
