Why I Read The Serious Pleasure of Books |
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| Author:
| Lesser, Wendy |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-6856-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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Wendy Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished literary magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe her love of literature. Here the reader will discover a definition of literature that is as broad as it is broad-minded. And as she examines these works from many perspectives, Why I Read sparks an overwhelming desire to put aside quotidian tasks in favor of reading.
Wendy Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished literary magazines in the country, The Threepenny Review, to describe her love of literature. Here the reader will discover a definition of literature that is as broad as it is broad-minded. And as she examines these works from many perspectives, Why I Read sparks an overwhelming desire to put aside quotidian tasks in favor of reading.