TY  - GEN
AU  - Macfarlane, Robert
TI  - Gifts of reading
SN  - 9780241978313
U1  - 028.9 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - UK
PB  - Penguin Random House
KW  - Books- Reading
KW  - Robert Macfarlane- 1976
N2  - 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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