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A Reader´s Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year
Tom Nissley
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Description for A Reader´s Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year
Paperback. An addictively readable day-by-day literary companion and guide from a former bookseller and eight-time Jeopardy! Champion. Num Pages: 464 pages, 100 drawings. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 38. Weight in Grams: 370.
Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers’ lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each handsome page in A Reader’s Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers (Proust starting In Search of Lost Time, Conrad defending the crew of the Titanic) and fictional events that took place within beloved books (the birth of Harry Potter’s enemy Draco Malfoy, the blood-soaked prom in Stephen King’s Carrie).
Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers’ lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each handsome page in A Reader’s Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers (Proust starting In Search of Lost Time, Conrad defending the crew of the Titanic) and fictional events that took place within beloved books (the birth of Harry Potter’s enemy Draco Malfoy, the blood-soaked prom in Stephen King’s Carrie).
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393351699
SKU
V9780393351699
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tom Nissley
Tom Nissley is an eight-time champion on Jeopardy! and former Amazon books editor. He holds a PhD in English literature and has written for the Paris Review Daily, The Millions, and The Stranger. He lives in Seattle where he owns Phinney Books.
Reviews for A Reader´s Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year
" It's a lovely book to curl up with, and suggests appropriate books for each month... "
The Herald
The Herald