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The Book of Lost Books
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The Book of Lost Books—An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
From Homer to Hemingway: the extraordinary stories behind the great books that were destroyed, lost or never written.
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About the Ebook
The Book of Lost Books is a book of stories involving kings, heretics, untimely interruptions and back room deals, falling tortoises and fairy princesses, train crashes and war atrocities, bravery, cowardice, rent boys, chamber maids, love, quests, puzzles and a crocodile. From Homer to Jane Austen, Shakespeare to Ernest Hemingway, this is an account of books destroyed, misplaced, never finished, or never even begun. With academic shaggy dog stories, swashbuckling historical fables, wry ironies and imaginative fantasia, The Book of Lost Books is the perfect read for all bibliophiles. Hilarious, insightful, endlessly fascinating, sometimes shocking - The Book of Lost Books is a wonderfully quirky but utterly romantic saga of our love affair with books.Why You'll Love This Ebook
- A wildly entertaining and scholarly account of literary catastrophe and near-misses
- Praised by Muriel Spark as a fascinating anthology that deserves to be preserved
- Perfect for bibliophiles who love gossip, shaggy dog stories and imaginative fantasia
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Reviews
'Clever and highly entertaining... a many-splendored thing.' The New York Times
'A fascinating anthology of writings, which will be quite new to most people and certainly deserve to be preserved.' Muriel Spark
About the Author
Stuart Kelly was raised in the Scottish Borders and studied English at Balliol College Oxford, gaining a first class degree and a Master of Studies. He is the Literary Editor of Scotland on Sunday and a freelance critic and writer.Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 05 November 2012
Print Length: 460 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857905253
Format: Ebook
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