![]() As someone who played at blocks with her father's twenty-two-volume set of Trollope ("My Ancestral Castles") and who considered herself truly married only when she and her husband had merged collections ("Marrying Libraries"), she is exquisitely well equipped to expand upon the art of flyleaf inscriptions, the perverse pleasures of compulsive proofreading, the allure of long words, and the satisfactions of reading aloud. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Fadiman, Anne (March 2, 2000) Paperback Anne Fadiman 2 Paperback 16 offers from 6.13 Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers Emma Smith 62 Hardcover 21 offers from 11.85 Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books Cathy Rentzenbrink 619 Paperback 22 offers from 5. Writing with remarkable grace, she revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family. Back to home page See More Details about 'Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fad.' Return to top. Fadiman pays attention to the physical spaces they occupy. Anne Fadiman's collection of charmingly written essays examine the way in which much of her life was (and is still) shaped by books. For Fadiman, as for many passionate readers, the books she loves have become chapters in her own life story. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader is a delightful and uplifting ode to bibliophiles. ![]() ![]() New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999, c1998Įx Libris recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. ![]() Ex libris : confessions of a common reader / Anne Fadiman Book Bib ID ![]()
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