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Synopsis
Entertaining essays by Anne Fadiman about the joys of books and reading. Some of the joys are rather curious ones, but Fadiman writes about them with humor and self-deprecation, and always with grace and style.
| Size | | Length: | 162 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"A terribly entertaining collection of personal essays about books, reading, language, and the endearing pathologies of those who love books."
Boston Book Review - Patsy Baudoin
"The book is a modest, charming, lighthearted gambol among the stacks. It serves up neither ideas nor theories but anecdotes about the joys of collecting and reading books."
Cryer
"Fadiman has a fine intellectual pedigree...[and] has read widely and deeply. But these essays...focus relentlessly on the personal, using the literary as an excuse; they're cozy to a fault....[K]inder souls, particularly those partial to memoirs, will likely respond better than I did. But one misses a certain intellectual toughness."
Washington Post Book World - Jennifer Howard (12/16/2000)
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