Introduced by Margaret Atwood

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.

"Helpful, beautiful and profound. It will change the way you look at everything" - * Independent on Sunday *

"Tiger balm for tired minds" - * Sunday Times *

"Persuasive and fascinatingly illustrated, The Gift profits immensely from the modesty and unpretentiousness of Hyde's writing and the fascinated good nature with which he expounds his propositions" - * Independent on Sunday *

"Brilliant - by the time he is done he has folded language, culture and the very habit of being human into his ken" - * New Yorker *