The Book Of Lost Books: An Incomplete History Of All The Great Books You'll Never Read
by:
Stuart Kelly (author)
An account of books destroyed, misplaced, never finished, or never even begun - from ancient Greek and Arabic masters through Shakespeare, Dante and Hemingway right up to the present day.
An account of books destroyed, misplaced, never finished, or never even begun - from ancient Greek and Arabic masters through Shakespeare, Dante and Hemingway right up to the present day.
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ISBN:
9781846971235 (1846971233)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Polygon
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
I tried, I really did. 6 weeks and 3 library renewals, but ultimately I just ended up skimming through the last half, flipping through and reading bits about certain authors. I was hoping for something more anecdotal, but this book is much denser and much more targeted at people who take literatu...
This is a book to be savored. Anyone who loves literature, and especially anyone who collects books, will be fascinated by this look at so many works that are lost to the world. Some were lost over the centuries, such has Homer's epic comedy The Margites. Some were destroyed by their authors, such a...
Interesting premise, but an extremely dry book. I usually like reading books about books and reading, but this one did not really engage me. The idea of looking at "missing" books (i.e. books mentioned in other books but that did not survive) is an interesting one. However, this book mostly lists th...
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