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008 091106s2008 pau b 000 0 eng
010 _a2008001387
020 _a9781589880382
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aPQ7298.36.A5
_bS43 2008
082 0 0 _aLAS 864 ZAI
100 1 _aZaid, Gabriel
_d, 1934-
245 1 4 _aThe secret of fame
_b: the literary encounter in an age of distraction
_c/ by Gabriel Zaid ; translated by Natasha Wimmer
250 _a1st Paul Dry Books ed
260 _aPhiladelphia
_b: Paul Dry Books
_c, 2008.
300 _a182 p.
_c; 19 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aCatching miracles -- Quotations and aphorisms -- Exotic quotations -- Misused quotations -- Accumulable quotations -- At the feet of the footnotes -- Quotable people -- The odds against reading -- Three concepts of complete works -- Foolishly complete works -- Classics and bestsellers -- Shelf theory -- The economics of the limelight -- The rise of the image -- The secret of fame -- What to do with the mediocrities? -- The glorification of the author -- From the microtext to the I.
650 _aMexican essays
_v--Translations into English
700 1 _aWimmer, Natasha
942 _cMO
999 _c229713
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