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A Temple Of Texts: Essays
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Hardcover
1 edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (February 14, 2006)
9780307262868 | details & prices | 418 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $26.95
About: In a compilation of essays exploring the nature and value of writing, the noted literary critic, essayist, and novelist presents an annotated list of the fifty books that have most influenced his life and work, as well as his thoughts on such disparate authors as Rainer Maria Rilke, Gertrude Stein, Stanley Elkin, Gabriel García Márquez, William Gaddis, and others.
About: In a compilation of essays exploring the nature and value of writing, the noted literary critic, essayist, and novelist presents an annotated list of the fifty books that have most influenced his life and work, as well as his thoughts on such disparate authors as Rainer Maria Rilke, Gertrude Stein, Stanley Elkin, Gabriel García Márquez, William Gaddis, and others.