Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books
A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.
A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780807070833 (0807070831)
ASIN: 807070831
Publish date: May 30th 1997
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Language,
Literature,
Books About Books,
Education,
Biography Memoir
I was a little disappointed in this book, in no small part because it was not what I expected it to be. Instead of a memoir about the author's reading experiences (which is what I thought I was getting), this book is an extended essay about reading as a solitary pursuit.To be sure, the author mentio...
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