The Resource Books that saved my life : reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
Books that saved my life : reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
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The item Books that saved my life : reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- “Here is a book about the sheer joy of living, exploring forty texts that can enrich us in all manner of ways. Some are recent, such as Harry Potter; some ancient, such as Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world?s great novels, from George Eliot?s Middlemarch to Toni Morrison?s Beloved. This book uses them to muse upon life in all its glorious complexity. Our guide, in entertaining short accounts of personal encounters with these works, is Michael McGirr: schoolteacher, father and lifelong lover of literature. His humour and insight shine through in essays that connect the texts he has selected with each other, and connect us to them. This is the ideal companion for every keen reader-and it may just inspire someone you know to become one, too. Never prescriptive, and often very funny, this book is an invitation to reflect on the extraordinary gift of reading. ?It is a gift that is taking me a lifetime to unwrap? McGirr writes. ?The excitement has never worn off.?”--Dust jacket gate fold
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Books that saved my life : reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure
- Title
- Books that saved my life
- Title remainder
- reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael McGirr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- “Here is a book about the sheer joy of living, exploring forty texts that can enrich us in all manner of ways. Some are recent, such as Harry Potter; some ancient, such as Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world?s great novels, from George Eliot?s Middlemarch to Toni Morrison?s Beloved. This book uses them to muse upon life in all its glorious complexity. Our guide, in entertaining short accounts of personal encounters with these works, is Michael McGirr: schoolteacher, father and lifelong lover of literature. His humour and insight shine through in essays that connect the texts he has selected with each other, and connect us to them. This is the ideal companion for every keen reader-and it may just inspire someone you know to become one, too. Never prescriptive, and often very funny, this book is an invitation to reflect on the extraordinary gift of reading. ?It is a gift that is taking me a lifetime to unwrap? McGirr writes. ?The excitement has never worn off.?”--Dust jacket gate fold
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGirr, Michael
- Dewey number
- 028.9
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- McGirr, Michael
- Reading, Psychology of
- Literature
- Reading interests
- Criticism
- Books and reading
- Label
- Books that saved my life : reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064322432
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925773149
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041853781
- Label
- Books that saved my life : reading for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064322432
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925773149
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041853781
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