Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit and Passion

(Editor) Anne Bascove

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ISBN 10: 1567921868 ISBN 13: 9781567921861

Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 2001

Language: English

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Anthology of quotes and poems about books and reading with paintings by the book illustrator.

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Title

Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit and Passion

Publisher

David R. Godine, Publisher

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

1567921868

ISBN 13

9781567921861

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

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This is a book about books, about the pleasures, passions, and rewards of reading, about authors dedicated to writing and readers who delight in words in the right order. It contains a rich selection devoted to this seductive subject, from Calvino's meditation on selecting a title in a bookstore to Woolf's essays on the joys of "the common reader," from Schwartz's "Ruined by Reading" to Eco's "How to Organize a Public Library." The book is illuminated by sixteen full-color paintings by Bascove, who here serves as editor, illustrator, and primum mobile. Produced to the highest standards, it is not only a gift for the literary, but also an inducement to the diffident.

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