Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2020
Why do we love books so much
For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani,books have always been an escape and a sanctuary,the characters of some novels feeling so real to her childhood self that she worried they might leap out of the pages at night if she left the book cover open. In Ex Libris,she offers a personal selection of over 100 works of fiction,nonfiction and poetry,with passionate essays on why each has had a profound effect on her life.
From Homer's The Odyssey to The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King,Jr. and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels,Ex Libris covers a rich and vast range of classics,old and new,that will help build a well-rounded reader and citizen of the world. With gorgeous illustrations by lettering artist Dana Tanamachi that evoke vintage bookplates leafed between Kakutani's inspiring essays,Ex Libris points us to our next great read - and proves an unmissable reminder of why we fell in love with reading in the first place.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008421953Number of pages: 304Weight: 620 gDimensions: 196 x 146 x 29 mm
Michiko Kakutani
A titan of the American literary scene,Michiko Kakutani is an award-winning journalist,writer and former chief book critic for the New York Times,once described as'the most feared woman in publishing'. Known for her unflinching (and occasionally savage) reviews,she won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1998. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump is her first book.
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