Second Reading
Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
Autor*in: Yardley, Jonathan
Jahr: 2019
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 256 S.
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- Inhalt:
- The Pulitzer Prizeâ€"winning book critic shares recollections and reviews from his career at the Washington Post. In this book, Jonathan Yardley considers lesser-known works from renowned authors and underappreciated talents, and offers fresh takes on old favorites. Yardley’s reviews of sixty titles include fiction by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, John Cheever, and Henry Fielding; the autobiography of Louis Armstrong; essays by Nora Ephron; and Margaret Leech’s history of Washington during the Civil War. Second Reading is also the memoir of a passionate and lifelong reader told through the books that have meant the most to him. Playing the part of both reviewer and bibliophile, Yardley takes on Steinbeck and Salinger, explores the southern fiction of Shirley Ann Grau and Eudora Welty, looks into a darker side of Roald Dahl, and praises the pulp fiction of William Bradford Huie and the crime novels of John D. MacDonald. Collected from a popular Washington Post column of the same name, Second Reading is an incisive and entertaining look at the career and times of an esteemed critic and the venerable books that shaped him. This delightful consideration reminds readers that thoughtful criticism and a lively sense of fun can exist side by side.
- Jonathan Yardley has been a book critic and columnist at the Washington Post since 1981. He has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism and a Fellowship from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is the author of six books of nonfiction, including Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner (Random House, 1977) and Misfit: The Strange Life of Frederick Exley (Random House, 1997). Yardley lives in Washington, DC.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Second Reading
Autor*in: Yardley, Jonathan
Verlag: Open Road Media
ISBN: 9781609459246
Kategorie: Sachmedien & Ratgeber, Sprachen, Literaturwissenschaften
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage