Book
Reading life : books for the ages
Record details
- ISBN: 9781555974640 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 1555974643 (acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: 191 p. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2007.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The reading life -- Children's crusade : J.D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye -- Love's wound, love's salve : Knut Hamsun's Pan -- "I don't believe that" : D.H. Lawrence's Women in love -- Romancing the self : Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary -- The mad energies of art : Saul Bellow's Humboldt's gift -- The murderer's fancy prose style : Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita -- The possibility of the search : Walker Percy's The moviegoer -- The saddest story, indeed : Ford Madox Ford's The good soldier -- "Live all you can" : Henry James's The ambassadors -- Into the blue paint : Virginia Woolf's To the lighthouse -- The tether of origins : Alice Munro's The beggar maid : stories of Flo and Rose. |
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| Subject: | Books and reading. Birkerts, Sven > Books and reading. Authors and readers. Literature, Modern > History and criticism. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APLS | 028.9092 BIR 2007 | 31291002822235 | STACKS | Available | - |
