Isbn: 9780307961525 - how literature saved my life (8 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In this wonderfully intelligent, stunningly honest, and painfully funny book, acclaimed writer David Shields uses himself as a representative for all readers and writers who seek to find salvation in literature. Blending confessional criticism and anthropological autobiography, Shields explores the power of literature (from Blaise Pascal's Pensées to Maggie Nelson's Bluets, Renata Adler's Speedboat to Proust's Remembrance of Things Past) to make life survivable, maybe even endurable. Shields evokes his deeply divided personality (his 'ridiculous' ambivalence), his character flaws, his woes, his serious despairs. Books are his life, but when they come to feel unlifelike and archaic, he revels in a new kind of art that is based heavily on quotation and consciousness. And he shares with us a final irony: he wants 'literature to assuage human loneliness, but nothing can assuage human loneliness. Literature doesn't lie about this--which is what makes it essential.' A captivating, thought-provoking, utterly original way of thinking about the essential acts of reading and writing." [jacket copy] "Mixing anecdotes, cultural analysis, and aphorisms, Shields writes with an urgent passion that makes books (sometimes dusty books) come alive. Demonstrating, even inciting, that passion is expressly what Shields is up to. HOW LITERATURE SAVED MY LIFE is a kind of practicum to his Reality Hunger: A Manifesto. Another way to say that would be: HOW LITERATURE SAVE MY LIFE is a romance, the heart to the manifesto's mind. It is the story of a man and his books."--Minna Proctor, Bookforum. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in an intact, shiny bright Chip Kidd jacket, a typically beautiful Knopf production.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. First ediiton. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy, very fine in all respects. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in sturdy box. Smoke-free shop. Purchased new and opened only for author to sign. He has signed his name only, without any other writing. Signed by Author(s).…