Why read : selected writings 2001-2021
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Author
Published
New York : Grove Press, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition.
ISBN
9780802160249
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
New York : Grove Press, 2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780802160249
Notes
Description
"From the Booker-shortlisted author of Umbrella, a world-girdling collection of writings inspired by a life lived in and for literature. From one of the most unusual and distinctive writers working today, dubbed "the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation" by The Guardian, Will Self's Why Read is a cornucopia of thoughtful and brilliantly witty essays on writing and literature. Self takes us with him: from the foibles of his typewriter repairman to the irradiated exclusion zone of Chernobyl, to the Australian outback, and to literary forms past and future. With his characteristic intellectual brio, Self aims his inimitable eye at titans of literature like Woolf, Kafka, Orwell, and Conrad. He writes movingly on W. G. Sebald's childhood in Germany and provocatively describes the elevation of William S. Burroughs's Junky from shocking pulp novel to beloved cult classic. Self also expands on his regular column in Literary Hub to ask readers how, what, and ultimately why we should read in an ever-changing world. Whether he is writing on the rise of the bookshelf as an item of furniture in the nineteenth century or on the impossibility of Googling his own name in a world lived online, Self's trademark intoxicating prose and mordant, energetic humor infuse every piece. A book that examines how the human stream of consciousness flows into and out of literature, Why Read will satisfy both old and new readers of this icon of contemporary literature"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 824.914 SEL | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction | 824.914 Self | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Self, W. (2023). Why read: selected writings 2001-2021 (First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition.). Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Self, Will. 2023. Why Read: Selected Writings 2001-2021. Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Self, Will. Why Read: Selected Writings 2001-2021 Grove Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Self, Will. Why Read: Selected Writings 2001-2021 First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition., Grove Press, 2023.
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