| Description |
xx, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Diane Ackerman -- Robert Alter -- Ken Auletta -- Nicholson Baker -- Russell Banks -- Dave Barry -- John Barth -- Jacques Barzun -- Ann Beattie -- Louis Begley -- Madison Smartt Bell -- Anne Bernays -- Sven Birkerts -- Amy Bloom -- Roy Blount, Jr. -- Robert Bly -- Benjamin C. Bradlee -- Rita Mae Brown -- Art Buchwald -- Christopher Buckley -- Ethan Canin -- Philip Caputo -- John Casey -- Robert Coles -- Robert Coover -- Robert Creeley -- Guy Davenport -- Rita Dove -- Gretel Ehrlich -- Joseph Epstein -- Anne Fadiman -- Clifton Fadiman -- Stanley Fish -- Penelope Fitzgerald -- Bruce Jay Friedman -- William Gass -- Sir Martin Gilbert -- Gail Godwin -- Nadine Gordimer -- Doris Grumbach -- Pete Hamill -- Jonathan Harr. |
| Summary |
For this ultimate book lover's guide, more than one hundred distinguished writers share their personal thoughts in response to the question: What books have left the greatest impression on you, and why? The result is not a contrived list of Western civilization's "Great Books," but heartfelt commentary on works - classic and otherwise - that these lifelong readers most admire. |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- Books and reading.
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Authors -- Books and reading.
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Authors, American -- Books and reading.
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Authors -- Books and reading.
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Authors. (OCoLC)fst00821688
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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| Added Author |
Shwartz, Ronald B.
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| Added Title |
Love of books |
| ISBN |
0399144668 (alk. paper) |
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9780399144660 (alk. paper) |
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