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Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments

by Michael Dirda

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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.

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"For some time now, the best book critic in America has been Michael Dirda."--Michael M. Thomas, New York Observer

About the Author

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.

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ISBN:
9780393324891
Author:
Dirda, Michael
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
General
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Anthologies-Essays
Publication Date:
20031031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.40x5.28x.60 in. .51 lbs.

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