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Where I´m Reading From: The Changing World of Books
Tim Parks
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Description for Where I´m Reading From: The Changing World of Books
Paperback. Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? This collection of provocative pieces tells what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Should you finish every book you start?
How has your family influenced the way you read?
What is literary style?
How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup?
Why do you hate the book your friend likes?
Is writing really just like any other job?
What happens to your brain when you read a good book?
As a novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of lively and provocative pieces he talks about what readers want from books ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784701796
SKU
V9781784701796
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About Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan. Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still, Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many ... Read more
Reviews for Where I´m Reading From: The Changing World of Books
A book about reading that only makes you want to read more and a book about writing that needs to be read
Tim Adams
Observer
Long overdue, challenging and absorbing
Alan Taylor
Herald
Parks has the ability to make other writers seem not just enriching but exciting as well
Sam Jordison
Independent ... Read more
Tim Adams
Observer
Long overdue, challenging and absorbing
Alan Taylor
Herald
Parks has the ability to make other writers seem not just enriching but exciting as well
Sam Jordison
Independent ... Read more