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Fadiman, Anne

 
9781846140433: At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist
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ISBN 10 : 1846140439 ISBN 13 : 9781846140433
Editeur : Allen Lane, 2007

Synopsis

In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favourite genres, the familiar essay – a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With her wonderful combination of wit and erudition, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies to her monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from her wistfulness for the days of letter-writing to the challenges and rewards of moving from the city to the country.

Many of these essays were composed ‘under the influence’ of the subject at hand. Fadiman divulges her passion for Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Chocolate Chip and her brother’s homemade Liquid Nitrogen Kahlúa Coffee (recipe included); she sustains a terrific caffeine buzz while recounting Balzac’s coffee addiction; and she stays up till dawn to write about being a night owl, examining the rhythms of our circadian clocks and sharing such insomnia cures as her father’s nocturnal word games and Lewis Carroll’s mathematical puzzles. This is a perfect book for life’s passionate obsessives.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anne Fadiman is the Francis Writer in Residence at Yale. Her first book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, won the US National Book Critics' Circle Award for Non-Fiction. She is also the author of two essay collections, Ex Libris and At Large and At Small. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Life, Esquire, the Washington Post and The New York Times. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and two children.

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Éditeur
Allen Lane
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1846140439
ISBN 13 
9781846140433
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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Personne responsable
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