At Large and at Small
Confessions of a Literary Hedonist
1st Edition
Published on 6. November 2008
240 pages
978-0-14-190369-9 (ISBN)
Description
Butterflies, ice-cream, writing at night, playing word games...in this witty, intimate and delicious book Anne Fadiman ruminates on her passions, both literary and everyday. From mourning the demise of letter-writing to revealing a monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from Balzac's coffee addiction to making ice-cream from Liquid Nitrogen, she draws us into a world of hedonistic pleasures and literary delights. This is the perfect book for life's ardent obsessives.
Reviews / Votes
Delighteful...as varied as life * Metro * To those who have read her work, Anne Fadiman is the object of cultish devotion...full of warmth * The Observer * I relished Anne Fadiman's At Large and At Small * Spectator, Books of the Year *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
2,29 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-190369-9 (9780141903699)
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11/2008
Penguin Books Ltd
€31.13
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Person
Anne Fadiman is the Francis Writer-in-Residence at Yale. She is the author of Ex Libris and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award).
