Reading Through the Night
Autor Jane Tompkinsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 mai 2020 – vârsta de la 18 ani
Tompkins's inner journey begins when she becomes captivated unexpectedly by an account of friendship between two writers to whom she'd given little thought, Paul Theroux and V. S. Naipaul. Theroux's memoir launches her on a path of introspection that stretches back to the first weeks of her life in a Bronx hospital, and forward to her relationship with her mother and the structure of her present marriage. Her reading experience, intensified by the feelings of powerlessness and loss of self that come with chronic illness, expands to include writers such as Henning Mankell and Ann Patchett, Alain de Botton, Elena Ferrante, and Anthony Trollope. As she makes her way through their books, she recognizes herself in them, stumbling across patterns of feeling and behavior that have ruled her without her knowing it--envy, a desire for fame, fear of confronting the people she loves, a longing for communion.
The reader, along with Tompkins, comes to the realization that literature can be not only a source of information and entertainment, not only a balm and a refuge, but also a key to unlocking long-forgotten memories that lead to a new understanding of one's life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780813944517
ISBN-10: 0813944511
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 127 x 205 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
ISBN-10: 0813944511
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 127 x 205 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Notă biografică
Jane Tompkins is a teacher and scholar known for her work on popular women's novels of the American nineteenth century. Her book on Western novels and films, West of Everything, won a prize from the American Popular Culture Association, and her memoir of teaching and learning, A Life in School, received an award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. She has lectured and given workshops all over the United States and now lives in New York City, the Catskill Mountains, and South Florida.
Descriere
"A memoir in reading, this book reflects anew on how reading can become a transformative path to self-discovery. Jane Tompkins treats in particular works by Paul Theroux and V. S. Naipaul but also touches on the works of writers such as Henning Mankell, Ann Patchett, Alain de Botton, Elena Ferrante, and Anthony Trollope"--