Changing My Mind
Occasional Essays
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 306 pages ; 24 cm
A volume of essays is comprised of top-selected pieces from the past decade and considers a broad range of topics organized under such main categories as "Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling."
Contents:
Reading. Foreword -- F. Kafka, everyman -- What does soulful mean? -- E.M. Forster, middle manager -- Pnin and reality -- The difficult gifts of David Foster Wallace -- Middlemarch and everybody -- Two directions for the novel -- Being. That crafty feeling -- Oliver! -- One week in Liberia -- Speaking in tongues -- Seeing. Hepburn and Garbo -- Bellissima -- At the movies, 2006 -- Ten notes on Oscar weekend -- Feeling. Smith family Christmas -- Accidental hero -- Dead man laughing.
ISBN:
9781594202377
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Essays Smi | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
LITERATURE Essays Smi | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
LITERATURE Essays Smi | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.