Description
Title: Gifts Of Reading
Author: MACFARLANE ROBERT
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 19/06/2017
Imprint: HAMISH HAMILTON
Price: $6.00
Publishing status: Active
From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks — an essay on the beauty and joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book
Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves both participants the richer. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt.
From one of the most lyrical writers of our time comes a perfectly formed gem, a lyrical celebration of the power and preciousness of the given book.
ISBN: 9780241978313
Weight: 28gr
Dimension: 151mm X 114mm
Pages: 48