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Books that Saved My Life
Reading for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure
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A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books, now available in a smaller, competitively priced format.
A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books
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A profound, funny and uplifting collection of reminiscences about a life in books.
Here are forty texts to read at some stage in your life—forty texts that can enrich you in all manner of ways. Some are recent, like Harry Potter; some ancient, like Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world's great novels, from George Eliot's Middlemarch to Toni Morrison's Beloved.
Our guide, in entertaining short essays about personal encounters with each of these works, is Michael McGirr—schoolteacher and former priest, reviewer of hundreds of novels and lifelong lover of literature. His humour and insight shine through in stories that connect the texts he has selected with each other, and connect us to them.
Never prescriptive, and often very funny, this book is an invitation to reflect on—and share with others—the extraordinary gift of reading. It is a gift that is taking me a lifetime to unwrap, McGirr writes. The excitement has never worn off.
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This collection of essays by Michael McGirr is celebrated for its intimate and edifying reflections on literature's power to shape lives. The book's anecdotes are praised for their humour and emotional depth, with reviewers highlighting McGirr's ability to connect with readers through heartfelt stories. His essays, often compared to good sermons, blend wisdom with humour and offer a deeply personal exploration of literature. Readers find the gratitude in McGirr's writing infectious, making it a delightful and thought-provoking read.
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ISBN: 9781925773149
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 29 October 2018
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 145.0mm
Height: 217.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Michael McGirr is the bestselling author of Snooze- The Lost Art of Sleep, Things You Get for Free and Bypass. He has reviewed almost one thousand books for various newspapers; his short fiction has appeared in Australian and overseas publications; and he has been a publisher of Eureka Street and fiction editor at Meanjin. He teaches at St Kevin's College in Melbourne.
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