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  • Language: English

    Published by Columbia University Press, 2020

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    Series: Book 17 of 26 - Literature Now

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    Paperback. Condition: Good. Like few other works of contemporary literature, Elena Ferrante?s Neapolitan novels found an audience of passionate and engaged readers around the world. Inspired by Ferrante?s intense depiction of female friendship and women?s intellectual lives, four critics embarked upon a project that was both work and play: to create a series of epistolary readings of the Neapolitan Quartet that also develops new ways of reading and thinking together.In a series of intertwined, original, and daring readings of Ferrante?s work and her fictional world, Sarah Chihaya, Merve Emre, Katherine Hill, and Juno Jill Richards strike a tone at once critical and personal, achieving a way of talking about literature that falls between the seminar and the book club. Their letters make visible the slow, fractured, and creative accretion of ideas that underwrites all literary criticism and also illuminate the authors? lives outside the academy. The Ferrante Letters offers an improvisational, collaborative, and cumulative model for reading and writing with others, proposing a new method the authors call collective criticism. A book for fans of Ferrante and for literary scholars seeking fresh modes of intellectual exchange, The Ferrante Letters offers incisive criticism, insouciant riffs, and the pleasure of giving oneself over to an extended conversation about fiction with friends.…

  • Language: English

    Published by Random House USA Inc, 2025

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    Hardback. Condition: Good. PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * "A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."--Hua Hsu, author of Stay True "Stirring and sparkling."--The Washington Post Books can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter. Sarah calls books that have this effect "Life Ruiners". Her Life Ruiner, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, became a talisman for her in high school when its electrifying treatment of race exposed Sarah's deepest feelings about being Japanese American in a predominantly white suburb of Cleveland. But Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League University. Then she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. In the aftermath, she was faced with a question. Could we ever truly rewrite the stories that govern our lives? Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them. A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.…

  • Language: English

    Published by Random House, 2025

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  • Language: English

    Published by Columbia University Press (edition ), 2020

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    Series: Book 17 of 26 - Literature Now

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    Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

  • Language: English

    Published by Columbia University Press, 2020

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    Series: Book 17 of 26 - Literature Now

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    Paperback. Condition: Good. Like few other works of contemporary literature, Elena Ferrante?s Neapolitan novels found an audience of passionate and engaged readers around the world. Inspired by Ferrante?s intense depiction of female friendship and women?s intellectual lives, four critics embarked upon a project that was both work and play: to create a series of epistolary readings of the Neapolitan Quartet that also develops new ways of reading and thinking together.In a series of intertwined, original, and daring readings of Ferrante?s work and her fictional world, Sarah Chihaya, Merve Emre, Katherine Hill, and Juno Jill Richards strike a tone at once critical and personal, achieving a way of talking about literature that falls between the seminar and the book club. Their letters make visible the slow, fractured, and creative accretion of ideas that underwrites all literary criticism and also illuminate the authors? lives outside the academy. The Ferrante Letters offers an improvisational, collaborative, and cumulative model for reading and writing with others, proposing a new method the authors call collective criticism. A book for fans of Ferrante and for literary scholars seeking fresh modes of intellectual exchange, The Ferrante Letters offers incisive criticism, insouciant riffs, and the pleasure of giving oneself over to an extended conversation about fiction with friends.…

  • Language: English

    Published by Random House USA Inc, 2025

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    Hardback. Condition: Good. PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * "A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."--Hua Hsu, author of Stay True "Stirring and sparkling."--The Washington Post Books can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter. Sarah calls books that have this effect "Life Ruiners". Her Life Ruiner, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, became a talisman for her in high school when its electrifying treatment of race exposed Sarah's deepest feelings about being Japanese American in a predominantly white suburb of Cleveland. But Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League University. Then she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. In the aftermath, she was faced with a question. Could we ever truly rewrite the stories that govern our lives? Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them. A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.…

  • Language: English

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    Condition: good. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.…

  • Language: English

    Published by Columbia University Press, 2020

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  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

    Published by Columbia University Press, 2020

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  • Language: English

    Published by Random House USA Inc, 2026

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    Paperback. Condition: Very Good. PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST . "A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."-Hua Hsu, author of Stay True "Stirring and sparkling."-The Washington Post Books can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter. Sarah calls books that have this effect "Life Ruiners". Her Life Ruiner, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, became a talisman for her in high school when its electrifying treatment of race exposed Sarah's deepest feelings about being Japanese American in a predominantly white suburb of Cleveland. But Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League University. Then she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. In the aftermath, she was faced with a question. Could we ever truly rewrite the stories that govern our lives? Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them. A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.…

  • Language: English

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    hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

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  • Language: English

    Published by Columbia University Press, 2020

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  • Language: English

    Published by Hylton Lacy Publishers, 1972

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    Paperback. Condition: Very Good. PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST . "A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."-Hua Hsu, author of Stay True "Stirring and sparkling."-The Washington Post Books can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter. Sarah calls books that have this effect "Life Ruiners". Her Life Ruiner, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, became a talisman for her in high school when its electrifying treatment of race exposed Sarah's deepest feelings about being Japanese American in a predominantly white suburb of Cleveland. But Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League University. Then she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. In the aftermath, she was faced with a question. Could we ever truly rewrite the stories that govern our lives? Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them. A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR.…

  • Language: English

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    Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Bibliophobia: A Memoir. Book.

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    Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST . "A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."-Hua Hsu, author of Stay True"Stirring and sparkling."-The Washington PostBooks can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter. Sarah calls books that have this effect "Life Ruiners".Her Life Ruiner, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, became a talisman for her in high school when its electrifying treatment of race exposed Sarah's deepest feelings about being Japanese American in a predominantly white suburb of Cleveland. But Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League University. Then she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. In the aftermath, she was faced with a question. Could we ever truly rewrite the stories that govern our lives?Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them.A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

  • Language: English

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Binding is solid. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Black cloth cover has only minor wear to edges, and otherwise okay. Dustjacket has a little wear to edges, including tear at top of front flap fold. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages.

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    Condition: Fine. CONDITION NOTES: Hardcover. First edition. First printing. Excellent overall condition. Spine is tight and unbroken. Pages are clean with no writing or highlighting. Gift-quality copy. SYNOPSIS: âA wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life.ââ"Hua Hsu, author of Stay True â[A] stirring and sparkling new memoir.ââ"The Washington Post ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH: Time, Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan Books can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And anyone incurably obsessed with books understands this kind of unsettling literary encounter. Sarah calls books that have this effect âLife Ruinersâ. Her Life Ruiner, Toni Morrisonâs The Bluest Eye, became a talisman for her in high school when its electrifying treatment of race exposed Sarahâs deepest feelings about being Japanese American in a predominantly white suburb of Cleveland. But Sarah had always lived through her books, seeking escape, self-definition, and rules for living. She built her life around reading, wrote criticism, and taught literature at an Ivy League University. Then she was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and the world became an unreadable blank page. In the aftermath, she was faced with a question. Could we ever truly rewrite the stories that govern our lives? Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them.…