A reader's book of days : true tales from the lives and works of writers for every day of the year
Nissley, Tom (1967 -)
A reader's book of days : true tales from the lives and works of writers for every day of the year / Tom Nissley - First edition. - New York : W.W. Norton and Company , 2014 - 448 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers' lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each page in A Reader's Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers, and fictional events that took place within beloved books.
English.
9780393239621
Literature---History and criticism
Books and reading
Best books
Authorship
PN45 / .N534 2014
028.9 NIS
A reader's book of days : true tales from the lives and works of writers for every day of the year / Tom Nissley - First edition. - New York : W.W. Norton and Company , 2014 - 448 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers' lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each page in A Reader's Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers, and fictional events that took place within beloved books.
English.
9780393239621
Literature---History and criticism
Books and reading
Best books
Authorship
PN45 / .N534 2014
028.9 NIS