An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books
This intimate account of Oscar Wilde’s life and writings is richer, livelier, and more personal than any book available about the brilliant writer, revealing a man who built himself out of books. His library was his reality, the source of so much that was vital to his life. A reader first, his readerly encounters, out of all of life’s pursuits, are seen to be as significant as his most important relationships with friends, family, or lovers. Wilde’s library, which Thomas Wright spent twenty years reading, provides the intellectual (and emotional) climate at the core of this deeply engaging portrait.
One of the book’s happiest surprises is the story of the author’s adventure reading Wilde’s library. Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges’s fictional hero who enters Cervantes’s mind by saturating himself in the culture of sixteenth-century Spain, Wright employs Wilde as his own Virgilian guide to world
literature. We come to understand how reading can be an extremely sensual experience, producing a physical as well as a spiritual delight.
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Librería: Bay State Book Company, North Smithfield, RI, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing (complete number line) hardcover and dust jacket in VG+ condition: unmarked, slight handling. 370 pages. [1.4 lbs]. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 62292
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Librería: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 370pp. Very nice unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 061058
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Librería: The Old Sage Bookshop, Prescott, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Solr Books, Lincolnwood, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: A Good Read, LLC, San Antonio, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, unmarked and unread! Nº de ref. del artículo: 029822
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