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Bezig met laden... Fighting Words: Writers Lambast Other Writers--from Aristotle to Anne Rice (1994)door James Charlton (Redacteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Pretty funny collection of insults from one writer about another. Some of them are sharply on point, others just mean-spirited. Ezra Pound comes across as a boor, which I guess he was. Oscar Wilde features prominently. Not enough from Gore Vidal, but to be fair, most of those quoted are long since dead. ( ) The above information is partial or incorrect because I didn’t pay very close attention to it and don’t have the book with me four days later as I write this. According to the subtitle this is meant to be a sort of reverse “Logrolling in our Times.” Rather than Spy’s collection of authors giving one another glorious reviews, the editor of this book picked out foul and mean-tempered comments by authors about other authors. Amusing concept but not vicious enough. Some of the comments were actually complimentary. I had the feeling the editor didn’t search reviews for the comments, but only found them elsewhere, as asides. Too bad. It would be fun to read scathing reviews of works later considered classics. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Illustrations by Tullio Pericoli. A lively collection of classic zingers from the mouths and pens of authors. "Who's better at being nasty than writers on other writers?"--The New York Times Magazine. A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB and WRITER'S DIGEST BOOK CLUB selection. Illustrations by Tullio Pericoli Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)808.882Literature By Topic Rhetoric and anthologies Anthologies & Collections Miscellaneous Collections Anthologies of short prose (quotations, jokes, anecdotes, etc.)LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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