Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments

Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments

by Michael Dirda (Author)

Synopsis

Intimate, humorous, and insightful, Readings is a collection of classic essays and reviews by Michael Dirda, book critic of the Washington Post and winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism. From a first reading of Beckett and Faulkner at the feet of an inspirational high-school English teacher to a meeting of the P. G. Wodehouse Society, from an obsession with Nabokov's Lolita to the discovery of the Japanese epic The Tale of Genji, these essays chronicle a lifetime of literary enjoyment.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 234
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 30 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0393324893
ISBN 13: 9780393324891

Media Reviews
Michael Dirda may be as close to the ideal as we are likely to get. -- Annie Proulx
Michael Dirda is a superb literary essayist, and Readings should provide deep delight for discerning readers. -- Harold Bloom
Author Bio
Michael Dirda, who won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism at the Washington Post Book World, is the author of An Open Book, Bound to Please, and Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.