Browse: The World in Bookshops
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1782272127 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-09 |
| Language | : | Multilingual |
DESCRIPTION:
Sixteen writers from around the world remind us why we should cherish them at all costs' - Spectator • 'In celebrating bookshops, Browse heralds humanity, with all its glorious eccentricities' - Country Life. • 'All these writers convey the magic of bookshops, while also making their vulnerability in recent times a recurrent theme' - Guardian • 'If you have ever lost yourself in a bookshop, felt the world fall away as you took a book off the shelves, this spell-binding collection will carry you off to shops near, far, lost and imagined' - Mail on Sunday&n
He is the author of several acclaimed books on language, literature and culture, including Dr Johnson's Dictionary, How to Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read and The Language Wars. . He has written for the Guardian, London Review of Books, TLS, Financial Times and New Statesman, and is currently the Evening Standard's theatre critic. Henry Hitchings is an award-winning
"Another Top Notch Book About Books!" according to Always Trust In Books. Books that capture the magic of both picking up a new book or stumbling upon an amazing new bookshop you never knew existed are probably my favourite kind of book. One aspect of being a reader that unites everyone is what inspired them to learn to read. The places and individuals that encouraged them to fall in love with books and th
Contributors include Alaa Al Aswany, Stefano Benni, Michael Dirda, Daniel Kehlmann, Andrey Kurkov, Yiyun Li, Pankaj Mishra, Dorthe Nors, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Elif Shafak, Ian Sansom, Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, Saša Stanišic, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.A dazzling collection of original essays about the bookshop by fifteen bestselling international authors.. In Browse, Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and place. These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell. A celebration of the greatest kind of shop in the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including Ali Smith, Michael Dirda, Elif Shafak and Daniel Kehlmann. A cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magic