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The Gifts of Reading
Robert Macfarlane
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Description for The Gifts of Reading
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS - an essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves each participant enriched. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed ... Read more
From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS - an essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves each participant enriched. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241978313
SKU
V9780241978313
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About Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Landmarks, and The Lost Words, co-created with Jackie Morris. Mountains of the Mind won the Guardian First Book Award and the Somerset Maugham Award and The Wild Places won the Boardman-Tasker Award. Both books have been adapted for television by the BBC. The Lost ... Read more
Reviews for The Gifts of Reading
[Macfarlane] is a godfather of a cultural moment
Sunday Times on Landmarks
[Macfarlane] can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler, a writer whose ideas transcend the physical region he explores
New York Times Book Review
I'll read anything Macfarlane writes
David Mitchell, author of 'Cloud Atlas'
Sunday Times on Landmarks
[Macfarlane] can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler, a writer whose ideas transcend the physical region he explores
New York Times Book Review
I'll read anything Macfarlane writes
David Mitchell, author of 'Cloud Atlas'