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Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books (Unpacking My Library Series)

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Category: Books
ISBN: 0300170920
Title: Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books (Unpacking My Library Series) The Fast Free Shipping
Author: Leah Price
Publisher: Yale University Press
Year Published: 2011
Number of Pages: 208
Book Binding: Hardback
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Book Condition: VERYGOOD
SKU: CIN0300170920VG

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This gorgeous second volume in the popular Unpacking My Library series explores the bookshelves of favorite novelists

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as objectwhether pristine collectible or battered relicis growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Stunning photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions.

In her introduction, Leah Price muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are Price's interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile.

Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books features the personallibraries of Alison Bechdel, Stephen Carter, Junot Diaz, Rebecca Goldsteinand Steven Pinker, Lev Grossmanand Sophie Gee, Jonathan Lethem, Claire Messudand James Wood, Philip Pullman, Gary Shteyngart, and Edmund White.

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