Bound to Please
Michael Dirda
A showcase of one hundred of the world's most significant books offers the author's introductory essays on such writers as James Boswell, Colette, and Joseph Roth, and includes explorations of a range of genres and specific works.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780393057577
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Topics
- Literary criticismBook essaysWorld literature
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(2004)
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