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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... oil on canvas , Collection of Diana Voigt . James at 12 , 1999 , 34 ′′ x 34 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Bibliophile , 1999 , 30 ′′ x 48 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Library , 2000 , 40 " x 40 " , oil on canvas ...
... oil on canvas , Collection of Diana Voigt . James at 12 , 1999 , 34 ′′ x 34 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Bibliophile , 1999 , 30 ′′ x 48 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Library , 2000 , 40 " x 40 " , oil on canvas ...
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... oil on canvas , Collection of Diana Voigt . James at 12 , 1999 , 34 ′′ x 34 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Bibliophile , 1999 , 30 ′′ x 48 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Library , 2000 , 40 " x 40 " , oil on canvas ...
... oil on canvas , Collection of Diana Voigt . James at 12 , 1999 , 34 ′′ x 34 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Bibliophile , 1999 , 30 ′′ x 48 ′′ , oil on canvas , Private Collection . Library , 2000 , 40 " x 40 " , oil on canvas ...
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