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Ex Libris audiobook
- By: Michiko Kakutani
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Category: Books & Reading, Literary Criticism
- Length: 8 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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Ex Libris Audiobook Summary
Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares her enthusiasm for more than 100 books in a series of succinct, thought-provoking essays.
“An ebullient celebration of books and reading.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Books can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures, national boundaries, and historical eras,” Kakutani writes in her introduction to Ex Libris. Here readers will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation. There are essential works in American history (The Federalist Papers, The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.); books that address timely cultural dynamics (Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, Daniel J. Boorstin’s The Image, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale); classics of children’s literature (the Harry Potter novels, Where the Wild Things Are); and novels by acclaimed contemporary writers like Don DeLillo, William Gibson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ian McEwan.
Ex Libris is an impassioned reminder of why reading matters more than ever.
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Ex Libris Full Details
| Narrator | Tavia Gilbert |
| Length | 8 hours 0 minutes |
| Author | Michiko Kakutani |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 27, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593394960 |
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The publisher of the Ex Libris is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: books to read, ex libris, gifts for bookworms, bookworm gifts, bookworm, book gifts, short story collections, librarian gifts, library, gifts for readers, book lovers gifts, memoirs, federalist papers, where the wild things are, harry potter, the handmaid's tale, illustrations, book nerd, gifts for book lovers, nerd gifts, book lover gifts, reading gifts, literary criticism, essay writing, writing, pulitzer prize, short stories, collections, classics, essays, literature, anthology, best books of 2020, bibliophile, libros, essay, Literary Criticism, Books & Reading, Literary Criticism, Reference, Literary Collections, Essays The BISAC Subject Code is Books & Reading, Literary Criticism
Additional info
The publisher of the Ex Libris is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593394960.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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