Unpacking My Library：Writers and Their Books
- 作者
- 出版社 Yale University Press
- 出版时间 2011年11月
- ISBN 9780300170924
- 定价 233.90
内容简介
Aswordsandstoriesareincreasinglydisseminatedthroughdigitalmeans,thesignificanceofthebookasobject—whetherpristinecollectibleorbatteredrelic—isgrowingaswell.UnpackingMyLibrary:WritersandTheirBooksspotlightsthepersonallibrariesofthirteenfavoritenovelistswhosharetheircollectionswithreaders.Stunningphotographsprovidefullviewsofthelibrariesandclose-upsofindividualvolumes:firsteditions,worntextbooks,pristinehardcovers,andchildhoodcompanions.Inherintroduction,LeahPricemusesonthehistoryandfutureofthebookshelf,askingwhatbookscantellusabouttheirownersandwhatreaderscantellusabouttheircollections.SupplementingthephotographsarePrice'sinterviewswitheachauthor,whichprobetherelationofwritingtoreading,collecting,andarrangingbooks.Eachwriterprovidesalistoftoptenfavoritetitles,offeringuniquepersonalhistoriesalongwithsuggestionsforeverybibliophile.UnpackingMyLibrary:WritersandTheirBooksfeaturesthepersonal?librariesofAlisonBechdel,StephenCarter,JunotDíaz,RebeccaGoldstein?andStevenPinker,LevGrossman?andSophieGee,JonathanLethem,ClaireMessud?andJamesWood,PhilipPullman,GaryShteyngart,andEdmundWhite.
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