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How literature saved my life  Cover Image Book Book

How literature saved my life

Summary: Blends criticism, anthropology, and biography to celebrate the power of literature, concluding that the fundamental truths found in literature render it an essential component of life.

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  • ISBN: 0307961532 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 9780307961532 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 0307802728 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780307802729 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0307961524 (trade)
  • ISBN: 9780307961525 (trade)
  • Physical Description: 207 p. ; 22 cm
    print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue -- Negotiating against myself -- Love is a long, close scrutiny -- Why is the human animal so sad? -- Our ground time here will be brief -- The wound and the bow -- All great books wind up with the writer getting his teeth bashed in -- Life v. art -- How literature saved my life.
Subject: Shields, David 1956- Books and reading
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature Philosophy
Mortality in literature
Criticism

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library 813.54 SHI (Text) 000102199 Nonfiction Available -

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