Synopses & Reviews
Where have all the grownups gone?
In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society", in which adults have regressed into adolescence and adolescents refuse to grow up.
To reveal the origins of our predicament and to suggest how we may emerge from it, Bly draws on a vast range of sources, from the latest headlines and economic statistics to the ancient tales of Jack and the Beanstalk and the Hindu god Ganesha. Gazing past the ephemera of contemporary politics and culture, he looks unblinkingly into our national soul and produces a brave, redemptive book that may help us begin to heal it.
Synopsis
Where have all the grownups gone? In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, poet, storyteller and translator Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society, " in which adults have regressed into adolescence and adolescents refuse to grow up.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.