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Why We Read

70 Writers on Non-Fiction
ID 435664
Slug why-we-read
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Author : Diverse auteurs
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Description Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers.<br /> <br /> From Hilton Als on reading as writing's dearest companion to Nicci Gerrard on reading for her life; from Malcolm Gladwell on entering the minds of others to Michael Lewis on books as secret discoveries; and from Lea Ypi on the search for freedom to Slavoj Žižek on violent readings, each offer
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300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Penguin UK
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Language eng
Page count 160
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Publication date first 2022-05-05
Publication date latest 2022-05-30
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  • ISBN: 9781802060959 (BC)

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