Where I'm Reading From
The Changing World of Books
(Sprache: Englisch)
What happens to your brain when you read a good book? As an award-winning novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of provocative pieces, originally published...
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What happens to your brain when you read a good book? As an award-winning novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of provocative pieces, originally published in the NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, he talks about what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.
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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 novelist, translator and critic, 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.
These pieces were originally published as columns in the New York Review of Books.
Autoren-Porträt von Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan.
Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still, Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccolò Machiavelli.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tim Parks
- 2016, 272 Seiten, Masse: 12,8 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 1784701793
- ISBN-13: 9781784701796
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.01.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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