Synopses & Reviews
"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. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.
"This slender rhapsody on the joys of reading will be gobbled up like the rarest and finest chocolates." -Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
Synopsis
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. An enchanting celebration of the printed word.
About the Author
Lynne Sharon Schwartz is author of the acclaimed novels The Fatigue Artist, Leaving Brooklyn, and Disturbances in the Field. She lives in New York City.