Readings - by Michael Dirda (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Intimate, humorous and insightful, "Readings" is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the "Washington Post" and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Intimate, humorous, and insightful, Readings is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the Washington Post and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. From a first reading of Beckett and Faulkner at the feet of an inspirational high-school English teacher to a meeting of the P. G. Wodehouse Society, from an obsession with Nabokov's Lolita to the discovery of the Japanese epic The Tale of Genji, these essays chronicle a lifetime of literary enjoyment.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Michael Dirda is a superb literary essayist, and <em>Readings</em> should provide deep delight for discerning readers.--Harold Bloom<br><br>Michael Dirda may be as close to the ideal as we are likely to get.--Annie Proulx<br>
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