AN OBJECTIVE IMPARTIAL CRITICISM OF THE LIFE OF MAN or BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON

The teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949) has come to be recognized as one of the most original enduring and penetrating of our century. While Gurdjieff used many different means to transmit his vision of the human dilemma and human possibility he gave special importance to his acknowledged masterwork Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson. . Beelzebub's Tales is an ocean of story and of ideas that one can explore for a lifetime. It is majestic in scale and content challengingly inventive in prose style and for those very reasons often approached with apprehension. The first English language edition of the Russian original appeared in 1950. Since then readers have recognized the need for a revised translation that would clarify the verbal surface while respecting the author's own thought and style. . This revised edition in preparation for many years under the direction of Gurdjieff's closest pupil Jeanne de Salzmann meets this need. Originally published in 1992 this translation offers a new experience of Gurdjieff's masterpiece for contemporary readers. It is presented in a sturdy cloth edition that echoes its original publication.. Librarian's note: This edition was published with ISBN 0-525-47350-5 which has also been used on another work.