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What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

2019-08-20 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2019-08-20
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis What We Talk About When We Talk About Books by : Leah Price

Download or read book What We Talk About When We Talk About Books written by Leah Price. This book was released on 2019-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness to be alone. The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor Leah Price finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed. From the dawn of mass literacy to the invention of the paperback, most readers already skimmed and multitasked. Print-era doctors even forbade the very same silent absorption now recommended as a cure for electronic addictions. The evidence that books are dying proves even scarcer. In encounters with librarians, booksellers and activists who are reinventing old ways of reading, Price offers fresh hope to bibliophiles and literature lovers alike. Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, 2020

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

2015-05-25 Fiction
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Release : 2015-05-25
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 588/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by : Raymond Carver

Download or read book What We Talk About When We Talk About Love written by Raymond Carver. This book was released on 2015-05-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his second collection, including the iconic and much-referenced title story featured in the Academy Award-winning film Birdman, Carver establishes his reputation as one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—a haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark.

Beginners

2015-09-15 Fiction
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Release : 2015-09-15
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 939/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Beginners by : Raymond Carver

Download or read book Beginners written by Raymond Carver. This book was released on 2015-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the original manuscript of Raymond Carver’s seminal 1981 collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—his style is both instantly recognizable and hugely influential—and the pieces in What We Talk About . . ., which portray the gritty loves and lives of the American working class, are counted among the foundation stones of the contemporary short story. In this unedited text, we gain insight into the process of a great writer. These expansive stories illuminate the many dimensions of Carver’s style, and are indispensable to our understanding of his legacy. Text established by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

2010-08-10 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2010-08-10
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by : Pierre Bayard

Download or read book How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read written by Pierre Bayard. This book was released on 2010-08-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.

What We Talk about when We Talk about Anne Frank

2012 Fiction
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Release : 2012
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 701/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis What We Talk about when We Talk about Anne Frank by : Nathan Englander

Download or read book What We Talk about when We Talk about Anne Frank written by Nathan Englander. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the sensational national bestseller "For the Relief of Unbearable Urges" and "The Ministry of Special Cases" returns with a commanding new collection of short stories.

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