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Second Reading
Jonathan Yardley
其他書名
Notable And Neglected Books Revisited
出版
Europa Editions
, 2011-06-28
主題
Literary Criticism / Books & Reading
Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century
ISBN
1609459245
9781609459246
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6cW2DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic shares recollections and reviews from his career at the
Washington Post
.
In this book, Jonathan Yardley considers lesser-known works from renowned authors and underappreciated talents, and offers fresh takes on old favorites. Yardley’s reviews of sixty titles include fiction by Gabriel García Márquez, John Cheever, and Henry Fielding; the autobiography of Louis Armstrong; essays by Nora Ephron; and Margaret Leech’s history of Washington during the Civil War.
Second Reading
is also the memoir of a passionate and lifelong reader told through the books that have meant the most to him. Playing the part of both reviewer and bibliophile, Yardley takes on Steinbeck and Salinger, explores the southern fiction of Shirley Ann Grau and Eudora Welty, looks into a darker side of Roald Dahl, and praises the pulp fiction of William Bradford Huie and the crime novels of John D. MacDonald.
Collected from a popular
Washington Post
column of the same name,
Second Reading
is an incisive and entertaining look at the career and times of an esteemed critic and the venerable books that shaped him. This delightful consideration reminds readers that thoughtful criticism and a lively sense of fun can exist side by side.