An Open Book: Chapters fom a Reader's Life
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (528 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393326144 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Charming, Erudite Memoir NEZ Our book group was fortunate enough to have Michael Dirda attend our discussion of this memoir. He is delightful, witty and steeped in the pleasures of reading, just as his book is. It's the story of an insecure, highly intelligent boy from a family of limited means who engages the world through literature. He is. "Love this guy" according to W. Carter. I have read most of Michael's (and, yes, I feel as though I know him well enough after reading this book to call him by his first name) books and always find them both highly entertaining and informative. I am fascinated by all things literary--including other people that are. On the surface, this is the story of. "mon semblable! mon frere!" according to Caraculiambro. Michael Dirda is the chief book reviewer at the Washington Post. This book is his autobiographica literaria, his attempt to recount the books he was exposed to growing up and how they shaped him.I would only recommend the second half, starting just after the young Michael comes home from trying to run away. The f
"A love story, full of a passion for literature and marked by intellectual vigor."Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times "All that kid wants to do is stick his nose in a book," Michael Dirda's steelworker father used to complain, worried about his son's passion for reading. The result is an affectionate homage to small-town Americasummer jobs, school fights, sweepstakes contests, and first datesas well as a paean to what could arguably be called the last great age of reading. In An Open Book, one of the most delightful memoirs to emerge in years, the acclaimed literary journalist Michael Dirda re-creates his boyhood in rust-belt Ohio, first in the working-class town of Lorain, then at Oberlin College. Inhabits itand makes a space alongsid
"Dirda inhabits each book he reads. He is a rare treasure." . Inhabits it--and makes a space alongside it for us to join him
Michael Dirda, who won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism at the Washington Post Book World, is the author of An Open Book, Bound to Please, and Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.