The pleasure of reading : 43 writers on the discovery of reading and the books that Inspired them /
The pleasure of reading : 43 writers on the discovery of reading and the books that Inspired them /
edited by Antonia Fraser.
- First U.S. edition.
- xxii, 329 pages ; 22 cm
Title from cover "First published in Great Britain 1992 in commemoration of bicentenary of W.H. Smith"--Title page verso.
[Essays] Stephen Spender -- Michael Foot -- Patrick Leigh Fermor -- Doris Lessing -- Brian Moore -- Robert Burchfield -- Judith Kerr -- John Mortimer -- John Fowles -- Jan Morris -- Philip Ziegler -- J. G. Ballard -- Ruth Rendell -- Edna O'Brien -- John Carey -- Jane Gardam -- Ronald Harwood -- A. S. Byatt -- Simon Gray -- Roger McGough -- Emma Tennant -- Tom Stoppard -- Margaret Atwood -- Germaine Greer -- Melvyn Bragg -- Gita Mehta -- Buchi Emecheta -- Sally Beauman -- Wendy Cope -- Sue Townsend -- Hermione Lee -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Alan Hollinghurst -- Carol Ann Duffy -- Paul Sayer -- Candia McWilliam -- Rana Kabbani -- Jeanette Winterson -- Kamila Shamsie -- Rory Stewart -- Katie Waldegrave -- Emily Berry -- Tom Wells.
Collects pieces by forty-three writers on their interest in books, reading habits, and personal favorite books.
163286228X 9781632862280
W.H. Smith & Son.
Books and reading.
Authors--Books and reading.
Best books.
Literature--History and criticism.
Title from cover "First published in Great Britain 1992 in commemoration of bicentenary of W.H. Smith"--Title page verso.
[Essays] Stephen Spender -- Michael Foot -- Patrick Leigh Fermor -- Doris Lessing -- Brian Moore -- Robert Burchfield -- Judith Kerr -- John Mortimer -- John Fowles -- Jan Morris -- Philip Ziegler -- J. G. Ballard -- Ruth Rendell -- Edna O'Brien -- John Carey -- Jane Gardam -- Ronald Harwood -- A. S. Byatt -- Simon Gray -- Roger McGough -- Emma Tennant -- Tom Stoppard -- Margaret Atwood -- Germaine Greer -- Melvyn Bragg -- Gita Mehta -- Buchi Emecheta -- Sally Beauman -- Wendy Cope -- Sue Townsend -- Hermione Lee -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Alan Hollinghurst -- Carol Ann Duffy -- Paul Sayer -- Candia McWilliam -- Rana Kabbani -- Jeanette Winterson -- Kamila Shamsie -- Rory Stewart -- Katie Waldegrave -- Emily Berry -- Tom Wells.
Collects pieces by forty-three writers on their interest in books, reading habits, and personal favorite books.
163286228X 9781632862280
W.H. Smith & Son.
Books and reading.
Authors--Books and reading.
Best books.
Literature--History and criticism.