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Chargement... The Unpunished Vice: A Life of Readingpar Edmund White
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A bit stuffy but any book on books by a reader is a pleasure not to be missed, ( ) Interweaving his reading memories with his autobiography, Edmund White has written an engaging narrative on the importance of reading and books. I enjoyed this book in part because I share his vice - from an early age to the present. Some of his remembered vignettes mirror my own in that I had similar experiences with particular books, perhaps not the same book but certainly much the same result. The totality of his remembrances yields something like what I believe many readers will have experienced - I know that I have. Despite or perhaps because he is a literary legend, Edmund White remembers his life through the books he has read. For White, every significant event was accompanied by the perfect book: Proust's In Search of Lost Time, which while he was attending boarding school in Michigan opened up the seemingly closed world of homosexuality; the Ezra Pound poems loved by a lover he followed to New York; the Stephen Crane biography, which served as the basis for one of White's novels (and one of my favorites). But White didn't fully appreciate the important role reading had in his life—forming his tastes, influencing his memories, and providing him with entertainment through the best and worst of life—until he underwent heart surgery in 2014 and momentarily lost his desire to read. The Unpunished Vice is a compilation of all the ways reading has influenced White's life and work, fusing biography with literary criticism. His eminent position on the literary scene allows for intriguing, personal glimpses into the lives of some of the most well-known cultural icons in the world. He recalls making early morning phone calls to Vladimir Nabokov, who reportedly declared that White was his favorite American author, and reading Henry James to Peggy Guggenheim in her private gondola in Venice. Ultimately it is a fascinating memoir of a life spent both reading and writing; Edmund White does not disappoint with this gem. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Literary icon Edmund White made his name through his writing but remembers his life through the books he has read. For White, each momentous occasion came with a book to match: Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, which opened up the seemingly closed world of homosexuality while he was at boarding school in Michigan; the Ezra Pound poems adored by a lover he followed to New York; the biography of Stephen Crane that inspired one of White's novels. But it wasn't until heart surgery in 2014, when he temporarily lost his desire to read, that White realized the key role that reading played in his life: forming his tastes, shaping his memories, and amusing him through the best and worst life had to offer. Blending memoir and literary criticism, The Unpunished Vice is a compendium of all the ways reading has shaped White's life and work. His larger-than-life presence on the literary scene lends itself to fascinating, intimate insights into the lives of some of the world's best-loved cultural figures. With characteristic wit and candor, he recalls reading Henry James to Peggy Guggenheim in her private gondola in Venice and phone calls at eight o'clock in the morning to Vladimir Nabokov--who once said that White was his favorite American writer. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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