"Steiner is the lucid and demanding heir to the European tradition that gives literature and the arts a central place in our civilization and in our awareness of it."
From the foreword by CLAUDIO GUILLÉN

In this ambitious as well as transgressive work, Steiner proposes the thesis that all expressions of genuine art and human communication through the use of language are rooted in a transcendent reality that is, in turn, intimately related and inextricable with the real presence of the divine, regardless of the creed that is professed.
The author delves into the intellectual and historical correlations of western culture, explores the limits of language, delving deeper into the meanings and meanings of its most relevant terms, and tackles all those unavoidable themes for a thinker of his stature, such as the existence of God or our recurring and failed attempt to justify the aesthetic experience, among others. It is, without a doubt, one of the most revealing and dazzling works of George Steiner.