| Description |
xiv, 306 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Reading. Their eyes were watching god: What does soulful mean? -- E.M. Forster, middle manager -- Middlemarch and everybody -- Rereading Barthes and Nabokov -- F. Kafka, everyman -- Two directions for the novel -- Being. That crafty feeling -- One week in Liberia -- Speaking in tongues -- Seeing. Hepburn and Garbo -- Notes on Visconti's Bellissima -- At the multiplex, 2006 -- Ten notes on Oscar weekend -- Feeling. Smith family Christmas -- Accidental hero -- Dead man laughing -- Remembering. Brief interviews with hideous men: the difficult gifts of David Foster Wallace. |
| Summary |
A volume of essays is comprised of top-selected pieces from the past decade and considers a broad range of topics organized under such main categories as "Reading," "Being," "Seeing," "Feeling," and "Remembering." |
| Subject |
English essays.
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| ISBN |
9781594202377: $31.95 |
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1594202370: $31.95 |
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