How can other people like the books we don’t like? What benefit can we get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of stimulating and challenging literary essays that will be a perfect read for all book explorers and practitioners of the pen. After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks – who is not only an acclaimed author and a translator, but also a celebrated literary essayist – gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread.
ISBN: | 9781846884573 |
Publication date: | 1st May 2019 |
Author: | Tim Parks |
Publisher: | Alma Books Ltd |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 320 pages |
Genres: |
Literary essays Literary studies: general |