Browse by Ali Smith

Browse by Ali Smith

A celebration of bookshops around the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including Ali Smith, Pankaj Mishra, Elif Shafak and Daniel Kehlmann

In Browse Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to consider the bookshops that have shaped them; each conjures a specific time and place.
Ali Smith chronicles the secrets and personal stories hidden within the pages of secondhand books; Alaa Al Aswany tells of the Cairo bookshop where revolutionaries gathered during the 2011 uprisings; Elif Shafak evokes the bookstores of Istanbul, their chaos and diversity, their aroma of tobacco and coffee. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor recalls the quandary of being asked to choose just one book at a favourite childhood store in Nairobi, while Iain Sinclair shares his grief on witnessing a beloved old haunt close down. Others explore bookshops they have stumbled upon, adored and become addicted to, from London to Bogotá.
These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell.

All these writers convey the magic of bookshops, while also making their vulnerability in recent times a recurrent theme Guardian If you have ever lost yourself in a bookshop, felt the world fall away as you took a book off the shelves, this spell-binding collection will carry you off to shops near, far, lost and imagined Mail on Sunday Everywhere bookshops are fast disappearingSixteen writers from around the world remind us why we should cherish them at all costs Spectator Lives up to its inviting title Times Literary Supplement Very worthwhile but not too worthy, this is a timely call to arms Monocle In celebrating bookshops, Browse heralds humanity, with all its glorious eccentricities Country Life A book guaranteed to reawaken anyone's passion for all things bookish Storiesfromthecity.com A book for all those who love books and the shops that sell them The Northern Review of Books I advise you to pick up this book as soon as you can Always Trust in Books (blog) Browse is compulsive reading, offering unusual insights into the role bookshops play in our lives The Bay

Henry Hitchings is an award-winning writer, reviewer and critic. He has written for the Guardian, London Review of Books, TLS, Financial Times and New Statesman, and is currently the Evening Standard's theatre critic. He is the author of several acclaimed books on language, literature and culture, including Dr Johnson's Dictionary, How to Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read and The Language Wars. In 2008, he was shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, and in the same year his book The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award.

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ISBN 13	9781782272120
ISBN 10	1782272127
Title	Browse
Author	Ali Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pushkin Press
Year published	2016-10-06
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.