My Life in Seventeen Books

My Life in Seventeen Books
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Publisher : Monkfish Book Publishing
Total Pages : 131
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ISBN-10 : 9781958972328
ISBN-13 : 1958972320
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Book Synopsis My Life in Seventeen Books by : Jon M. Sweeney

Download or read book My Life in Seventeen Books written by Jon M. Sweeney and published by Monkfish Book Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir for the bookish-inclined, using personal stories to demonstrate how books have a magical way to move a person from one stage of life to the next. “This is a small gem of a book, tender, humble, loving. —Mary Gordon “Sweeney makes a charming companion, telling stories in joyful reflection.” —Jeff Deutsch, author of In Praise of Good Bookstores Former bookseller, longtime publisher and author Jon M. Sweeney shows—with history and anecdotes centering around books such as Thoreau’s Journal, Tagore’s Gitanjali, Martin Buber’s Hasidic Tales, and Tolstoy’s Twenty-three Tales—what it means to be carried by a book. He explores the discovery that once accompanied finding books, and books finding us. He ponders the smell of an old volume, its heft, and why bibliophiles carry them around even without reading them. He demonstrates how and why there is magic and enchantment that takes place between people and books.

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