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The author's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics, writes Stephen Greenblatt. In this book, she draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing to describe a life lived in and through literature.

Why I Read The Serious Pleasure of Books

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: 1/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781250062093, 978-1250062093
      ISBN10: 1250062098
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      Book Synopsis
      The author's extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America's most significant cultural critics, writes Stephen Greenblatt. In this book, she draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing to describe a life lived in and through literature.

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