Where I'm reading from
By: Tim Parks
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781846559037; 9781473513426
Subjects: Books and reading; Libraries and Museums
Other titles: Where I am reading from
Description: Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? Why do you hate the book your friend likes? Is writing really just like any other job? What happens to your brain when you read a good book? As a novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks, is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of lively and provocative pieces he talks about what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.
Table of contents: title: World around the book; title: Book in the world; title: Writer's world; title: Writing across worlds.