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 42
... Hear music , pick up from it something And call it your own in fun . And somebody's light - hearted scherzo Do up into stanzas and feet , And swear that the poor heart hurts so And moans ' mid the glittering wheat . Then walk in the ...
... Hear music , pick up from it something And call it your own in fun . And somebody's light - hearted scherzo Do up into stanzas and feet , And swear that the poor heart hurts so And moans ' mid the glittering wheat . Then walk in the ...
Page 47
... hear you : hear hear me you , - we two you , me , talk on this page . ( I hear New York , too . ) Me — who ? Well , I like to eat , sleep , drink , and be in love . I like to work , read , learn , and understand life . I like a pipe for ...
... hear you : hear hear me you , - we two you , me , talk on this page . ( I hear New York , too . ) Me — who ? Well , I like to eat , sleep , drink , and be in love . I like to work , read , learn , and understand life . I like a pipe for ...
Page 64
... hear from a group of individuals without whom none of the work we do would be possible : Hi . We're the letters , and we'd just like to say that we enjoy being a part of the very fine words on this page . Thank you . And last but not ...
... hear from a group of individuals without whom none of the work we do would be possible : Hi . We're the letters , and we'd just like to say that we enjoy being a part of the very fine words on this page . Thank you . And last but not ...
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