Gifts of reading

By:

Macfarlane, Robert

Publication details: Penguin Random House, 2019. UK:Description: 34 p. ; pb; 15 cmISBN:

9780241978313

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

028.9 MAC

Summary: An overwhelmingly beautiful essay for anyone who has ever loved a book ... Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves both participants the richer. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt. From one of the most lyrical writers of our time comes a perfectly formed gem, a lyrical celebration of the power and preciousness of the given book.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar General Stacks	General	028.9 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		029638

An overwhelmingly beautiful essay for anyone who has ever loved a book ... Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves both participants the richer. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt. From one of the most lyrical writers of our time comes a perfectly formed gem, a lyrical celebration of the power and preciousness of the given book.

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