The pleasure of reading : 43 writers on the discovery of reading and the books that Inspired them / edited by Antonia Fraser.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xxii, 329 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 163286228X
- 9781632862280
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 028.9 P724 | Available | 33111008352706 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this delightful collection, forty-three acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read, and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Catherine Cookson, Carol Ann Duffy, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend, and Jeanette Winterson. The new edition will include essays from ten new writers.
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.