The gifts of reading
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-2017
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Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves both participants the richer. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt.
Main title:
The gifts of reading / Robert Macfarlane.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2017.
Collation:
32 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN:
9780241978313 (pbk)
Dewey class:
028.9
LC class:
PN83
Local class:
028.9
Language:
English
BRN:
1906396