How can other people like the books we don't like? What benefit can we get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of stimulating and challenging literary essays that will be a perfect read for all book explorers and practitioners of the pen.
After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks - who is not only an acclaimed author and a translator, but also a celebrated literary essayist - gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread.
Les mer
After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks - who is not only an acclaimed author and a translator, but also a celebrated literary essayist - gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread."
Les mer
There are many ways of touring the land that Italians, following Dante, call il bel paese, and Parks is as perceptive a guide as could be wished. * TLS *"[an] active and thought-provoking collection of writing about reading" -- Brian Morton * The Herald *
Les mer
After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781846884573
Publisert
2019-05-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Alma Books Ltd
Vekt
470 gr
Høyde
214 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
320
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