Unpacking my library : writers and their books

Resource Information

The work Unpacking my library : writers and their books represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Unpacking my library : writers and their books

Title remainder

writers and their books

Statement of responsibility

edited by Leah Price

Title variation

Writers and their books

Contributor

• Price, Leah

Subject

• American authors -- Books and reading
• Authors -- Books and reading
• Authors -- Books and reading
• Authors -- Books and reading
• Authors, American -- Books and reading
• Authors, American -- Books and reading
• Bibliothek
• Böcker och läsning
• Cartoonist
• England
• Läsvanor
• Schriftsteller
• USA
• Écrivains -- Livres et lecture
• Écrivains américains -- Livres et lecture

Language

eng

Summary

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object, whether pristine collectible or battered relic, is growing as well. This book spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions. In her introduction, the author muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction