{"product_id":"9780374530549","title":"Rereadings : Seventeen writers revisit books they love","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRereadings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs a book the same book—or a reader the same reader—the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer: Never.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editor of \u003ci\u003eRereadings \u003c\/i\u003eis Anne Fadiman, and readers of her bestselling book \u003ci\u003eEx Libris \u003c\/i\u003ewill find this volume especially satisfying. Her chosen authors include Sven Birkerts, Allegra Goodman, Vivian Gornick, Patricia Hampl, Phillip Lopate, and Luc Sante; the objects of their literary affections range from \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eSue Barton, Student Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays are not conventional literary criticism; they are about relationships. \u003ci\u003eRereadings \u003c\/i\u003ereveals at least as much about the reader as about the book: each is a miniature memoir that focuses on that most interesting of topics, the protean nature of love. And as every bibliophile knows, no love is more life-changing than the love of a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An absolute delight for those of us who live to read (and reread) . . . Fadiman has done such a fine job of selecting and arranging these pieces that they become a kind of composite literary coming-of-age memoir from the geeky, horny adolescent madly thumbing \u003ci\u003eFranny and Zooey\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eLord Jim\u003c\/i\u003e in some shag-carpeted suburban basement bedroom to the sadder but wiser critic, novelist, poet who gazes wistfully at the ghost of a younger self rising from the pages of a once-loved book.” —\u003ci\u003eDavid Laskin, The Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A delightful glimpse into the relationship between reader and book.” —\u003ci\u003eTeresa K. Weaver, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“f you’re a fan of Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris—and who among right-thinking people isn’t?—then your heart will skip a beat over her new anthology, Rereadings . . . thoroughly enjoyable essays” —\u003ci\u003eClaire Dederer, Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A deep and wonderfully complex story about relationships . . . Anne Fadiman's diverse collection of essays encourages readers to rethink the way we see our favorite books and ultimately the way we see ourselves through them.” —\u003ci\u003eJill Marr, Pages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374530549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40664033329358,"sku":"9780374530549","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_436149ae-2b28-4aff-acff-a225532dfa62.jpg?v=1639627188","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374530549","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}