Dovresti finire ogni libro che inizi?In che modo la tua famiglia ha influenzato il tuo modo di leggere?Cos'è lo stile letterario?In che modo il premio Nobel è come la Coppa del Mondo?Perché odi il libro che piace al tuo amico?Scrivere è davvero come qualsiasi altro lavoro?Cosa succede al tuo cervello quando leggi un buon libro?Come romanziere, traduttore e critico, Tim Parks è nella posizione ideale per indagare su qualsiasi domanda abbiamo sui libri e sulla lettura. In questa raccolta di pezzi vivaci e provocatori parla di ciò che i lettori vogliono dai libri e di come guardare la letteratura che incontriamo sotto una nuova luce.Questi pezzi sono stati originariamente pubblicati come colonne nella New York Review of Books.
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Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan.
Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still, Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccolò Machiavelli.
Should you finish every book you start?
How has your family influenced the way you read?
What is literary style?
How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup?
Why do you hate the book your friend likes?
Is writing really just like any other job?
What happens to your brain when you read a good book?
As a novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of lively and provocative pieces he talks about what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.
These pieces were originally published as columns in the New York Review of Books.
Should you finish every book you start?
How has your family influenced the way you read?
What is literary style?
How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup?
Why do you hate the book your friend likes?
Is writing really just like any other job?
What happens to your brain when you read a good book?
As a novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of lively and provocative pieces he talks about what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light.
These pieces were originally published as columns in the New York Review of Books.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
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