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Rereadings Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love

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ISBN-10: 0374249423

ISBN-13: 9780374249427

Edition: 2005

Authors: Anne Fadiman, Anne Fadiman

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Is a book the same book-or a reader the same reader-the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer: Never. The editor of Rereadings is Anne Fadiman, and readers of her bestselling book Ex Libris (FSG, 1998) will find this volume especially satisfying. Her chosen authors include Sven Birkerts, Allegra Goodman, Vivian Gornick, Patricia Hampl, Phillip Lopate, and Luc Sante; the objects of their literary affections range from Pride and Prejudice to Sue Barton, Student Nurse. Each has selected a book or a story or a poem--or even, in one case, the lyrics on the back of the Sgt. Pepper album--that made a deep impression in…    
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Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 244
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Anne Fadima is the editor of The American Scholar, Recipient of a National Magazine Award for Reporting, she has written for Civilization, Harper's, Life, and The New York Times, among other publications. She lives in New York City.

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