At Large and at Small by Anne Fadiman

At Large and at Small by Anne Fadiman

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Ruminates on the author's passions, both literary and everyday. From mourning the demise of letter-writing to revealing a monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from Balzac's coffee addiction to making ice-cream from Liquid Nitrogen, it draws readers into a world of hedonistic pleasures and literary delights.

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At Large and at Small by Anne Fadiman

Butterflies, ice-cream, writing at night, playing word games...in this witty, intimate and delicious book Anne Fadiman ruminates on her passions, both literary and everyday. From mourning the demise of letter-writing to revealing a monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from Balzac's coffee addiction to making ice-cream from Liquid Nitrogen, she draws us into a world of hedonistic pleasures and literary delights. This is the perfect book for life's ardent obsessives.
To those who have read her work, Anne Fadiman is the object of cultish devotion..full of warmth The Observer I relished Anne Fadiman's At Large and At Small Spectator, Books of the Year
Anne Fadiman is the Francis Writer-in-Residence at Yale. She is the author of Ex Libris and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award).
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ISBN 13 9780141033990
ISBN 10 0141033991
Title At Large and at Small
Author Anne Fadiman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2008-11-06
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.