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A reader's book of days : true tales from the lives and works of writers for every day of the year / Tom Nissley

By:

Nissley, Tom, (1967 -)

Contributor(s):

Neborsky, Joanna

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton and Company , 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 448 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393239621

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

028.9 NIS

LOC classification:

PN45 .N534 2014

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	028.9 NIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		049300

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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.

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