Browsings

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A latest volume of writings by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and Washington Post columnist shares personal essays on diverse topics ranging from literary pets and cursive writing to book inscriptions and the pleasures of science-fiction conventions

From Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary life-the perfect companion for any lover of books.
Michael Dirda has been hailed as ''the best-read person in America'' (The Paris Review) and ''the best book critic in America'' (The New York Observer). In addition to the Pulitzer Prize he was awarded for his reviews in The Washington Post, he picked up an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America for his most recent book, On Conan Doyle.
Dirda's latest volume collects fifty of his witty and wide-ranging reflections on literary journalism, book collecting, and the writers he loves. Reaching from the classics to the post-moderns, his allusions dance from Samuel Johnson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and M. F. K. Fisher to Marilynne Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson, and David Foster Wallace. Dirda's topics are equally diverse: literary pets, the lost art of cursive writing, book inscriptions, the pleasures of science fiction conventions, author photographs, novelists in old age, Oberlin College, a year in Marseille, writer's block, and much more, not to overlook a few rants about Washington life and American culture. As admirers of his earlier books will expect, there are annotated lists galore-of perfect book titles, great adventure novels, favorite words, essential books about books, and beloved children's classics, as well as a revealing peek at the titles Michael keeps on his own nightstand.
Funny and erudite, occasionally poignant or angry, Browsings is a celebration of the reading life, a fan's notes, and the perfect gift for any booklover.

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Taal: en

Uitvoering: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 augustus 2015

Aantal pagina's: 336

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Michael Dirda

Hoofduitgeverij: Pegasus Books

Fabrikantgegevens: De informatie van de fabrikant is momenteel niet beschikbaar.

Editie: 1

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Porno: Nee

Product breedte: 160 mm

Product hoogte: 23 mm

Product lengte: 237 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 165 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 236 mm

Verpakking lengte: 236 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 411 g

EAN: 9781605988443

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