Browse by Ali Smith
These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell.
"Lives up to its inviting title" - Times Literary Supplement
"Very worthwhile but not too worthy, this is a timely call to arms." - Monocle
'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 disappearing. Sixteen writers from around the world remind us why we should cherish them at all costs.' - Spectator
‘A lovely collection of touching and personal accounts of books and bookshops. Each author’s writing style is unique and transports you across the globe.’ — Cub Magazine
'In celebrating bookshops, Browse heralds humanity, with all its glorious eccentricities.' - Country Life
"Very worthwhile but not too worthy, this is a timely call to arms." - Monocle
'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 disappearing. Sixteen writers from around the world remind us why we should cherish them at all costs.' - Spectator
‘A lovely collection of touching and personal accounts of books and bookshops. Each author’s writing style is unique and transports you across the globe.’ — Cub Magazine
'In celebrating bookshops, Browse heralds humanity, with all its glorious eccentricities.' - Country Life
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 | 9781782272960 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782272968 |
| Title | Browse |
| Author | Ali Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2018-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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