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This title in other editionsNothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Rememberingby Wendy Lesser
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Wendy Lessers new book is “an inspired intellectual romp: part memoir, part criticism, though actually a bracing, larkish reinvention of them both” (Lawrence Weschler). Revisiting her favorite books after the passage of twenty or thirty years, Lesser is stirred by the changes she finds—in the books, in herself, and in the wider world. If NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME is a book about reading, it is also a book about time, with rereading as a special form of time travel. From classic novels such as ANNA KARENINA and THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY to a charming tale for young adults called I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, from nonfiction by George Orwell and Henry Adams to poetry by Wordsworth and Milton, from the deeply American HUCKLEBERRY FINN to works in translation like DON QUIXOTE and THE IDIOT, Lesser covers the whole literary spectrum. NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME is a witty and humane exploration of what books can mean to our lives and vice versa, by a writer who “has the gift of enabling a reader to grasp the deeper workings of art forms, both high and low, in the act of describing how they affect her” (James Shapiro, New York Times Book Review). Book News Annotation:Rereading Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady after 20 years, the author was struck by the vastly different experience her reading was and decided to revisit a number of novels, nonfiction, and other writings. She reflects on the different meanings and reactions engendered by second readings of Cervantes's Don Quixote, Henry Adam'sEducation of Henry Adams, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, Orwell's essays, Shakespeare's plays, Dante's Paradise Lost, and Ian McEwan's The Child in Time.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:From the esteemed cultural critic and journalist Wendy Lesser, Nothing Remains the Same is a bibliophile's dream: a book about the pleasures and surprises of rereading, a witty, intelligent exploration of what books can mean to our lives. Compared with reading, the act of rereading is far more personal — it involves the interaction of our past selves, our present selves, and literature. With candor, humor, and grace, Lesser takes us on a guided tour of her own return to books she once knew, from the plays of Shakespeare to twentieth-century novels by Kingsley Amis and Ian McEwan, from the childhood favorite I Capture the Castle to classic novels such as Anna Karenina and Huckleberry Finn, from nonfiction by Henry Adams to poetry by Wordsworth. Lesser conveys an infectious love of reading and inspires us all to take another look at the books we've read to find the unexpected treasures they might offer. Synopsis:From classic novels to poetry, Lessing covers the whole literary spectrum in this witty and humane exploration of what books can mean to our lives, and vice versa.
About the AuthorWendy Lesser is the author of five previous books and the founding editor of the Threepenny Review. She writes frequently on books, television, dance, and theater for the New York Times and other national publications. A former Guggenheim fellow, she lives in Berkeley, California.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Reflections / 1 The First Novel / 9 Adolescence / 28 Recollected in Tranquillity / 44 An Education / 60 A Young Womans Mistakes / 75 All Kinds of Madness / 92 A Small Masterpiece / 112 The Face Behind the Page / 125 Late Shakespeare / 141 The Tree of Knowledge / 159 McEwan in Time / 174 The Strange Case of Huck and Jim / 186 A Literary Career / 201 Hitchcocks Vertigo / 213 Index 229 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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