9780803212398 - Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books = Pourquoi Je N'Ai Ecrit Aucun De Mes Livres di Benabou, Marcel (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Reissue. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: good. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can include some highlighting and writing, page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, First printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have the tiniest bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. All-Ways well boxed, All-Ways fast service. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2nd printing. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have very light wear. edges of pages have very light wear. dust jacket has light wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Includes dust jacket. Ex-library copy with the usual markings/stickers/stamping present, including stamping on the page edges. Book and dust jacket show some shelf & handling wear, including edge wear and light scuffing. Dust jacket is in a plastic protector. Pages are slightly worn & tanning on their edges, but remain intact with unmarked text & pictures. A good reading copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. "Benabou addresses conflicting impulses between writing and reading, writing and living, following great models and being original. And he has a great deal of gentle self-deprecating fun while doing it. But this isn't just about the wordplay beloved of French modernists. At base it is a lovely book about the love of books and of language and all that goes into making them, be it paper or words." - "Publishers Weekly". "As this deft translation in Nebraska's excellent "French Modernist Library" series confirms, Benabou can cartwheel with the best of them. "Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books" makes mischief with treasured literary cliches and will amuse and provoke the scoundrel in every writer's soul." - "Philadelphia Inquirer". "Wrapped in hilarious self-ironizing waffle, [Benabou's book] is a serious, largely autobiographical account .of how difficult it is to write a book.Unfailingly amusing." - "Times Literary Supplement". "This is the 'madness of art." - "Review of Contemporary Fiction". "A mercurially playful paradox of confessional literature, authorial awakening, and creative endeavor." - "Kirkus Reviews". Marcel Benabou is quick to acknowledge that his own difficulty in writing has plenty of company. Words stick and syntax is stubborn, meaning slips and synonyms cluster. A blank page taunts and a full one accuses. Benabou knows the heroic joy of depriving critics of victims, the kindness of sparing publishers decisions, and the public charity of leaving more room in bookstore displays. "Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books" (Pourquoi je n'ai ecrit aucun de mes livres) provides both a respectful litany of writers' fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them. The author (or not) of a dozen books, Marcel Benabou is a professor of ancient history at the University of Paris VII and permanent provisional secretary of Oulipo. David Kornacker is a writer and translator living in New York City. Warren Motte is a professor of French at the University of Colorado. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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