| Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments Contributor(s): Dirda, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393324893 ISBN-13: 9780393324891 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: Intimate, humorous and insightful, "Readings" is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the "Washington Post" and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 814.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.28" W x 8.4" (0.51 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Intimate, humorous, and insightful, Readings is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the Washington Post and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. From a first reading of Beckett and Faulkner at the feet of an inspirational high-school English teacher to a meeting of the P. G. Wodehouse Society, from an obsession with Nabokov's Lolita to the discovery of the Japanese epic The Tale of Genji, these essays chronicle a lifetime of literary enjoyment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dirda, Michael: - Michael Dirda, who won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism at the Washington Post Book World, is the author of An Open Book, Bound to Please, and Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. |