Where I'm Reading From - The Changing World of Books

Should you finish every book you start?How has your family influenced the way you read?What is literary style?How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup?Why do you hate the book your friend likes?Is writing really just like any other job?What happens to your brain when you read a good book?As a novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of lively and provocative pieces he talks about what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.These pieces were originally published as columns in the New York Review of Books.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Parks
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781784701796
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-179-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Prose: non-fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary companions, book reviews and guides