The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
5780199747
Publisher: Oxford Univeristy Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Humanities,
Language,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Culture,
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Read would give you delight—at least most of the time—and do so without shame. And even if you are that rare sort of person who is delighted chiefly by what some people call Great Books, don't make them your study intellectual diet, any more than eat at the most elegant of restaurants every day. It ...
A while back my teenage son drifted into the room where I was reading, tilting his head to catch the title of the book in my hands. It was that venerable classic How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles van Doren. "Oh man, he said, "I had to read that in school last year. Maybe I learned so...
A thoughtful, insightful, and enjoyable commentary.
Some reviews:So Many Books: http://somanybooksblog.com/2012/04/02/the-pleasures-of-reading/
A pleasant little book. Reading is enjoyable, don't get too caught up in just wanting "to have read"--where you don't actually read anything but just finish things. But don't just read crap, either. You're special because you read. That's the book.
9 years ago
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