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Bezig met laden... The Polysyllabic Spree (origineel 2006; editie 2004)door Nick Hornby
Informatie over het werkThe Polysyllabic Spree door Nick Hornby (2006)
  
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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.   ) blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |  Scorrevole, snello, non molto fruibile dai lettori non anglofoni dal momento che molti libri nominati non sono pubblicati in Italia. Gli spunti per ulteriori letture comunque non mancano. --- Precedente: Di scuola si muore di Giovanni Pacchiano, ed. Feltrinelli (ISBN-13 9788807815119) Successivo: [b:La classe|9660542|La classe|François Bégaudeau|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327428196l/9660542._SY75_.jpg|869122] (  ) Demistocle | May 19, 2023 | Author Nick Hornby takes up the task of writing an essay each month of the year of 2003 for The Believer magazine. The concept was interesting and I enjoyed the humor of the author, but he used more vulgarity than I would like and at times, he seemed to ramble (even though I believe that might be his style in this type of writing). I haven't read any other books by him so I'm not sure. I love reading books about books and reading, but this wasn't my favorite. ***January 29, 2023*** (  ) jntjesussaves | Jan 29, 2023 |  ) Adammmmm | Sep 10, 2019 | ) Fiddleback_ | Dec 17, 2018 |
 Taken in their intended periodic doses, these essays would be simultaneously entertaining and enriching – no small feat, that. Collected, they're still breezy and thought-provoking, but read at once they show Hornby struggling with great seriousness between an Arsenal match, The Fortress of Solitude, and going down to the pub: a dilemma welcomed by, say, Kentucky coal miners or single mothers working retail.  Hornby is just humble enough that you cannot hate or resent him, yet authoritative enough that you still retain some reason to respect and be interested in his opinion on books. That in itself is not a feat many writers could pull off so elegantly, if at all. This is not a collection of book reviews, but a reading diary of sharp and thoughtful musings on literature that ultimately asks: Why do we read, anyway?  Edible poems. The liabilities of blurbs. Books that haunt us and taunt us and keep us up half the night. "The Polysyllabic Spree" is a journey as rich and varied as the world of literature itself, with Hornby perfectly cast as both tour guide and host. What's most valuable about this collection, though, is that Hornby, by dint of his sensibility and the variety of his choices, shows that the distinction still made between reading for the sake of "enrichment" (as that gasbag Harold Bloom insists upon) and reading for pleasure is a phony divide. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Believer Columns (1) Is opgenomen in
- Selections from the monthly Believer Magazine column by this best selling author - Hornby's "diary of an avid reader"In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby lists the books he's purchased that month, and briefly discusses the books he's actually read.NIck Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree Includes selected passages from the novels, biographies, collections of poetry, and comics discussed in the column. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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