The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them
- ISBN-10
- 1632862298
- ISBN-13
- 9781632862297
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-10-20
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Antonia Fraser
Description
In this delightful collection, forty acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read, and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Catherine Cookson, Carol Ann Duffy, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend, and Jeanette Winterson. The new edition will include essays from ten new writers.
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- 2019-07-23
- 176 pages
- Paperback
- Troubador Publishing Ltd
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- 2015-05-21
- 352 pages
- Paperback
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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