Where Books Fall Open: A Reader's Anthology of Wit & PassionThis is a book about books, about the pleasures, passions, and rewards of reading, about authors dedicated to writing and readers who delight in words in the right order. It contains a rich selection devoted to this seductive subject, from Calvino's meditation on selecting a title in a bookstore to Woolf's essays on the joys of "the common reader," from Schwartz's "Ruined by Reading" to Eco's "How to Organize a Public Library." The book is illuminated by sixteen full-color paintings by Bascove, who here serves as editor, illustrator, and primum mobile. Produced to the highest standards, it is not only a gift for the literary, but also an inducement to the diffident. |
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Page 73
... asked my wife , handing her the sign . " It's O.K. , " my wife said . " I saw some ready - made signs for car windows at the hardware store , and that's what one of them said , so I guess it's what people think is effective . ” " You ...
... asked my wife , handing her the sign . " It's O.K. , " my wife said . " I saw some ready - made signs for car windows at the hardware store , and that's what one of them said , so I guess it's what people think is effective . ” " You ...
Page 85
... asked my father later if it was true , what the book said , he told me , Girl , you can't believe everything you read in books , and he went back to work on his model planes . So I asked my teacher about it too . She said , Well , yes ...
... asked my father later if it was true , what the book said , he told me , Girl , you can't believe everything you read in books , and he went back to work on his model planes . So I asked my teacher about it too . She said , Well , yes ...
Page 88
... asked to be handed the books one by one so he could see what they were about , because he might discover some which didn't deserve to go up in flames . " No , " said the niece , " we mustn't spare a single one because they've all been ...
... asked to be handed the books one by one so he could see what they were about , because he might discover some which didn't deserve to go up in flames . " No , " said the niece , " we mustn't spare a single one because they've all been ...
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