The Gifts of Reading

✍ Scribed by MacFarlane, Robert

• Book ID: 109922755
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 171 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780241982709

✦ Synopsis

From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks -- an essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book

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****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 each participant enriched. 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 transcendent power and humanity of the given book.