The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading Writing, and the World of Books
The great Canadian novelist Robertson Davies spent his long life in love with books. This  posthumous collection of two dozen essays stands as the lively recollections of a great reader: Davies talks  praises the books he's loved, damns the books he's hated, and seeks to answer the eternal question of why  we read books. And while Davies writes with great authority, he's thankfully never pedantic, and his  comments about books, which range from children's titles toUlysses, are always delivered in a charmingly  unpretentious manner. The individual essays are all beautifully written, and cracking this book will no  doubt encourage readers to track down many of the authors and titles that Davies covered.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.