Author: Anne Fadiman
Edition: 1st
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0058U7HUS
Edition: 1st
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0058U7HUS
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material in the apartment that she had not read at least twice. Get Ex Libris literature books for free.
This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. For Fadiman, as for many passionate readers, the books she loves have become chapters in her own life story. Writing with remarkable grace, she revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically lite Check Ex Libris our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language Writing with remarkable grace, she revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically lite
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