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The author shares her enthusiasm for more than 100 books: novels and memoirs by some of today's most gifted writers; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works that illuminate our social and political landscape. -- Adapted from back cover.

Main Author: Kakutani, Michiko (Author)
Other Authors: Tanamachi, Dana (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2020]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Kakutani, Michiko > Books and reading.
Best books.
Criticism.
Books and reading > United States.
Literary criticism.
Essays.
Summary: The author shares her enthusiasm for more than 100 books: novels and memoirs by some of today's most gifted writers; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works that illuminate our social and political landscape. -- Adapted from back cover.
"From "the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world" (Vanity Fair) comes 100 personal, thought-provoking essays of the life-changing books she wouldn't want you to miss--beautifully illustrated throughout"--
Physical Description: 301 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780525574972
0525574972
Author Notes: Michiko Kakutani is an American literary critic and writer. Her alma mater is Yale University. Early in her career she worked for The Washington Post and then Time magazine. She began at The New York Times in 1979 as a cultural reporter. She is the former chief book critic of The New York Times. In 1998, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Her debut book was published in July 2018 and is entitled The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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