Where I'm Reading from: The Changing World of Books

Author(s): Tim Parks

Biography/Memoir

Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? Why do you hate the book your friend likes? Is writing really just like any other job? What happens to your brain when you read a good book? As a novelist, translator and critic, Tim Parks is well-placed to investigate any questions we have about books and reading. In this collection of lively and provocative pieces he talks about what readers want from books and how to look at the literature we encounter in a new light. These pieces were originally published as columns in the New York Review of Books.

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What do books mean to you? A lively and enjoyable book about books, from bestselling writer Tim Parks

"A book about reading that only makes you want to read more and a book about writing that needs to be read" -- Tim Adams Observer "Long overdue, challenging and absorbing" -- Alan Taylor Herald "Parks has the ability to make other writers seem not just enriching but exciting as well" -- Sam Jordison Independent "This book will make you think about what and how you read" -- Bridie Pritchard UK Press Syndication "Insightful, provocative, funny and frightening, this wry, fast-paced and passionate series of essays encourages us to re-evaluate our perception of reading and books" Good Book Guide

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still and Italian Ways. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.

General Fields

  • : 9781784701796
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.199
  • : January 2016
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : February 2016
  • : books

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  • : Tim Parks
  • : Paperback
  • : 1601
  • : 809
  • : 272