A Book Addict's Treasury - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0711226857 ISBN 13 : 9780711226852

Editeur : Frances Lincoln, 2006

Synopsis

The ideal gift for any book obsessive, A Book Addict's Treasury is an extensively researched anthology of more than 350 quotations and extracts from a wide selection of writers and thinkers – all on the subject of books. The witty, wise and evocative words cover every aspect of bookishness - including hoarding, buying, borrowing, arranging, stealing, choosing, losing, reviewing and displaying – and comprise memoirs, poetry, journalism, fiction and philosophy. The sources of the extracts range from Erasmus to Edith Wharton to Umberto Eco, from Dante to Descartes to Dickens, from Edward Gibbon to Kenneth Grahame to Groucho Marx. Celebrating the timeless pleasures of reading, casting an irreverent eye over the foibles and eccentricities of booklovers and revealing the reading habits of a host of famous writers, this compendium is a must for any bibliomane. Indeed, if you buy only one book this year, this one is probably not for you.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Lynda Murphy lives in York with her husband, daughter and Jack Russell terrier – a match for any of the canine heroines in works of great literature. She enjoys lingering over texts not looking for quotations and buying brand new copies of fiction from big, brightly lit air-conditioned bookshops.

Julie Rugg lives in York with her husband and daughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0711226857
• ISBN 13: 9780711226852
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Murphy Lynda, Rugg Julie
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible