In Praise of Reading and Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors: Mario Vargas Llosa
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-12 - Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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On December 7, 2010, Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His Nobel lLecture is a resounding tribute to fiction's power to inspire read
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
Language: en
Pages: 129
Authors: Pierre Bayard
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-10 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment
Faint Praise
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Gail Pool
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-07-06 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press

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"Pool's behind-the-scenes look at the institution of book reviewing analyzes how it works and why it often fails, describes how editors choose books for review
Many Subtle Channels
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Daniel Levin Becker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-08 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Main description: What sort of society could bind together Jacques Roubaud, Italo Calvino, Marcel Duchamp, and Raymond Queneau-and Daniel Levin Becker, a young
Harsh Times
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Mario Vargas Llosa
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-23 - Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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The true story of Guatemala’s political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos