Lifting the Veil

With the poet's passion and the scientist's precision, Max Ehrmann in 'Lifting the Veil' endeavoured to go beyond the philosophers of the ages. In accessible language, he tugs at the veil of reality, and the question of meaning, in a seemingly meaningless world. Now often overlooked, in the 1920s and 1930s, Ehrmann was greatly praised and much loved as the author of 'Desiderata' which still finds a place in many homes and offices around the world (and is included in this collection). Ehrmann was the poet-philosopher of his era. Along with the likes of the author of 'An American Tragedy', Theodore Dreiser, (his fellow writer from Indiana) Ehrmann captured the dark realities of life, whilst never forgetting the rays of light within the universe. Sinclair Lewis (the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature) once wrote of him: 'Max Ehrmann has been about the world, looking with a clear eye, and tells about it with a sharp pen' his books are 'honest and straight-forward and are written by a man who has a grasp of literature and a power of expression.' The companion pieces, selected and introduced by actor Tim Dalgleish, provide a biographical and intellectual background to the ideas behind Ehrmann's powerful poetic thinking. 'Above all else, he is a student of the deep problems of life... a philosophy of awareness and reconsideration of the real values of life. His road to happiness is strangely alluring.' ***Indianapolis Star*** 'In understanding the lives of men and women and in his deep insight into the human heart, Max Ehrmann has won a notable place among American writers... a dignity of style, a notable eloquence of expression, a dramatic intensity that are tremendously compelling.' ***Buffalo Courier***