Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807070831 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 119 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"There is good reason for the addictive cravings of readers. She was a child prodigy who, beginning at age 3, was summoned to read for guests and has been immersed in the written word ever since, developing into a writer and novelist. In this essay she defends the magic of reading and its place in the development of the mind and ideas. . From the author of the acclaimed novels Disturbances in the Field and The Fatigue Artist, this wonderfully written and enchanting meditation explores what the act of reading means--an act that is in danger of being lost today. The only thing new under the sun is the sound of another voice," she writes. Lynne Sharon Schwartz of course isn't "ruined" by reading
An enchanting celebration of the printed word.. A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of 1996'Without books how could I have become myself?' In this wonderfully written meditation, Lynne Sharon Schwartz offers deeply felt insight into why we read and how what we read shapes our lives
Ruined by Reading captures our love for the written word. A Customer 'Ruined by Reading' captures -- in short, flowing and evocative prose -- memories of Ms. Schwarz's lifelong love affair with the written word. She shares the books and stories that became her friends at various stages of life, and does so in a most captivating and unpretentious way. On almost every page the reader will find themselves nodding alone with some cogent or pithy comment about the joy. R. M. Williams said a dying world?. Like the author i can remember the books i read as a child (with great fondness), i have those books even today, and like her they are my old and familiar friends. But unlike her most of those books have been nonfiction, for i thought/think those were the way to see the real world. After reading this book i realize that the gap i thought existed between nonfiction and fiction isn't really import. an uncommon look at a common subject reading is a common subject matter, countless books have been written on the subject. But here, the author takes a lighthearted but very personal look at the impact of books, and reading, on her life. She probes the question that is seldom addressed - just what impact does reading actually have? Is reading living, or just the written record of living? If we read and then forget, how has what we'