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050 00 $aPN75.T68$bA3 2018
082 00 $a809$223
100 1 $aTompkins, Jane P.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aReading through the night /$cJane Tompkins.
263 $a1111
264 1 $aCharlottesville ;$aLondon:$bUniversity of Virginia Press,$c2018.
300 $axii, 233 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A memoir in reading, this book reflects anew on how reading can become a transformative path to self-discovery. Jane Tompkins treats in particular works by Paul Theroux and V. S. Naipaul but also touches on the works of writers such as Henning Mankell, Ann Patchett, Alain de Botton, Elena Ferrante, and Anthony Trollope"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Living through books -- The gift -- Literary criticism -- Frustration and discontent -- Going places -- Fame -- A dancing dwarf -- Archaeology -- "The 9:50 to Waterloo" -- Shadow as master and master as shadow -- Reading transformed -- My other life -- "The half-life" -- Henning Mankell -- Envy, love, and writing -- Self and nature -- The world is what it is -- Reading through the night -- Afterword.
600 10 $aTompkins, Jane P.
650 0 $aLiterary historians$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aBooks and reading$zUnited States$vAnecdotes.
852 00 $bglx$hPN75.T68$iA3 2018