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Where I'm Reading From: The Changing World of Books

3.5/5 ( ratings)

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 writer, translator, critic and professor of literature, 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 and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.

Language: English

Pages: 244

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HARVILL SECKER

Release: November 03, 2014

ISBN: 1846559030

ISBN 13: 9781846559037

Where I'm Reading From: The Changing World of Books

3.5/5 ( ratings)

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 writer, translator, critic and professor of literature, 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 and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.

Language: English

Pages: 244

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HARVILL SECKER

Release: November 03, 2014

ISBN: 1846559030

ISBN 13: 9781846559037

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