Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education: Essays on Great Writers and Their Books - Couverture rigide

Dirda, Michael

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ISBN 10 : 0393057577 ISBN 13 : 9780393057577

Editeur : W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Dirda Michael

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Michael Dirda may be as close to the ideal critic as we are likely to get." -Annie Proulx Surveying the dizzying universe of classic books, Michael Dirda, the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary essayist, proves himself to be one of the most engaging critics of our time-and great fun to read. Opening with an impassioned critique of modern reading habits, he then presents many of the great, and idiosyncratic, writers he loves most. In this showcase of one hundred of the world's most astonishing books, Dirda covers a remarkable range of literature, including popular genres such as the detective novel and ghost story, while never neglecting the deeper satisfactions of sometimes overlooked classics. Short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for criticism, Bound to Please is a glorious celebration of just how much fun reading can be.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Dirda, who won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism at the Washington Post Book World, is the author of An Open Book, Bound to Please, and Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393057577
• ISBN 13: 9780393057577
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 525
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible