by ElizabethDiefendorf (Editor), Diana Bryan (Editor)
The New York Public Library's Books of the Century takes readers on a thought-provoking tour of the last hundred years, through the medium of the printed word. Here readers will find over 150 pivotal works organized into topical categories, reflecting themes that have informed the century. Each is introduced with a brief commentary illuminating the themes and issues the books in that section address, followed by an annotation for each title offering a brief description and a key to its significance.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 18 May 2000
ISBN 10: 0195117905
ISBN 13: 9780195117905
These sorts of lists are fun to pore over--provocative, sometimes perplexing, and oddly reassuring because they shine a bright light on the critical role books play in our lives. --Hartford Courant