EX LIBRIS~CONFESSIONS OF A COMMON READER~ANNE FADIMAN~A LOVE AFFAIR WITH BOOKS &

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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Type
Book
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country
United States
Features
ISBN 9780374527228
Intended Audience
Young Adults, Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Modified Item
No
ISBN
9780374527228
Book Title
Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Item Length
7.5 in
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Anne Fadiman
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Topic
Essays, Books & Reading
Item Weight
4.9 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
176 Pages
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374527229
ISBN-13
9780374527228
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1753671

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Essays, Books & Reading
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Author
Anne Fadiman
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
4.9 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-021109
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"A smart little book that one can happily welcome into the family and allow to start growing old." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "A book for bookworms . . . 18 stylish, dryly humorous essays" -- Entertainment Weekly, "A smart little book that one can happily welcome into the family and allow to start growing old." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "A book for bookworms . . . 18 stylish, dryly humorous essays"--Entertainment Weekly, "A smart little book that one can happily welcome into the family and allow to start growing old." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "A book for bookworms . . . 18 stylish, dryly humorous essays"-- Entertainment Weekly, "A smart little book that one can happily welcome into the family and allow to start growing old." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,The New York Times "A book for bookworms . . . 18 stylish, dryly humorous essays"--Entertainment Weekly
Dewey Decimal
028.9/092
Synopsis
Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill , whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material in the apartment that she had not read at least twice. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. For Fadiman, as for many passionate readers, the books she loves have become chapters in her own life story. Writing with remarkable grace, she revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family. As someone who played at blocks with her father's 22-volume set of Trollope ("My Ancestral Castles") and who only really considered herself married when she and her husband had merged collections ("Marrying Libraries"), she is exquisitely well equipped to expand upon the art of inscriptions, the perverse pleasures of compulsive proof-reading, the allure of long words, and the satisfactions of reading out loud. There is even a foray into pure literary gluttony--Charles Lamb liked buttered muffin crumbs between the leaves, and Fadiman knows of more than one reader who literally consumes page corners. Perfectly balanced between humor and erudition, Ex Libris establishes Fadiman as one of our finest contemporary essayists., Perfectly balanced between humor and erudition, Ex Libris establishes Anne Fadiman as one of our finest contemporary essayists. Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill , whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material in the apartment that she had not read at least twice. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. For Fadiman, as for many passionate readers, the books she loves have become chapters in her own life story. Writing with remarkable grace, she revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family. As someone who played at blocks with her father's 22-volume set of Trollope ("My Ancestral Castles") and who only really considered herself married when she and her husband had merged collections ("Marrying Libraries"), she is exquisitely well equipped to expand upon the art of inscriptions, the perverse pleasures of compulsive proof-reading, the allure of long words, and the satisfactions of reading out loud. There is even a foray into pure literary gluttony--Charles Lamb liked buttered muffin crumbs between the leaves, and Fadiman knows of more than one reader who literally consumes page corners.
LC Classification Number
Z1003

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  • by jejekat
    Mar 20, 2017

    Respite from these troubled times

    This little book of beautifully written essays from an author with a fascination for books is a delight for anyone who loves to read. Fadiman has an investigative mind that makes ordinary situations fascinating. I was sorry to reach the last essay and will certainly look for more from this gifted writer.

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