Bound to please : an extraordinary one-volume literary education : essays on great writers and their books /
Surveying the whole world of books, literary essayist Dirda opens with an impassioned critique of modern reading habits, then presents many of the great, and idiosyncratic, writers he loves the most. He starts with ancient classics and ends with groundbreaking science fiction; in between, he writes...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Dirda, Michael |
| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
W.W. Norton,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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