By The Book: A Reader's Guide to Life

Name: By The Book: A Reader's Guide to Life
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781922147677
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By Ramona Koval

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By The Book: A Reader's Guide to Life by Ramona Koval explores the profound impact of literature on our lives. Through personal anecdotes, Koval shares how reading has influenced her own experiences and worldview. This insightful exploration celebrates books as gateways to understanding the human condition and discovering one's identity.
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You might enjoy this book if you love exploring the profound impact literature can have on our lives. This work delves into how books shape our thoughts and emotions, offering an insightful journey into the world of reading and its influence on our experiences and identity. If you're passionate about literature and its connection to culture and personal growth, this book would be a delightful read.

By The Book: A Reader's Guide to Life

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By the Book is Ramona Koval's love letter to books and writing. What is it about reading that we love so much? Why do books make our lives so much richer?

Ramona Koval's By the Book is about reading and living, and about the authors that have written themselves into her life – from Oliver Sacks to Oscar Wilde, Christina Stead to Grace Paley. It is about learning to read (and asking her mother to buy her a copy of the Kama Sutra), about love and science (and her childhood ambition to be Marie Curie), about arctic exploration (and her ruminations on what part of a husky she would eat if she had to), about poetry and travel and falling in love.

In our book-devouring nation, this is a book for every avid reader and every avid listener who has been spellbound by Ramona's interviews over the years. By the Book is quintessentially Ramona – warm, bright, erudite – unmissable.

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By the Book: A Reader's Guide to Life by Ramona Koval is widely praised for its engaging exploration of the power and influence of books on personal and intellectual life. Critics appreciate Koval's warm, inviting, and infectious tone as she delves into the symbiotic relationship between life and reading. The book is described as an enlightening memoir where the author shares her personal literary journey, with her voice being recognized for its grace, wit, and intelligence. It serves as both a celebration of books and a reflection on the significant role they play as companions and markers throughout different life stages.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922147677

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 October 2013

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 206g

Pages: 256

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