Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books

Cover Art for 0046442070836, Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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EAN: 0046442070836
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1 May, 1997
Language: English

From the author of the acclaimed novels Disturbances in the Field and The Fatigue Artist, this wonderfully written and enchanting meditation explores what the act of reading means--an act that is in danger of being lost today. Lynne Sharon Schwartz of course isn't "ruined" by reading anymore than Tarzan was by apes; it's her life. She was a child prodigy who, beginning at age 3, was summoned to read for guests and has been immersed in the written word ever since, developing into a writer and novelist. In this essay she defends the magic of reading and its place in the development of the mind and ideas. "There is good reason for the addictive cravings of readers. The only thing new under the sun is the sound of another voice," she writes.

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