Books: A Memoir
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006Z378WO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 241 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Settle in with a cuppa coffee and let McMurtry kindle your passion for physical books. In Books: A Memoir, McMurtry shares with readers his lifelong passion and dogged pursuit of books. The story is as dusty, musty and crusty as any of McMurtry's fictionalized Westerns, and filled with characters who seem like they stepped out of central casting. Whether you love McMurtry, books, bookstores or a combination thereof, you'll find something to love in Books: A Memoir. Besides writing nearly forty books, including the Pultizer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, he has emerged as one this nation's greatest bookmen. --Lauren Nemroff. In short, gem-like chapters, he paints a fascinating picture of
Ginger Thorton said I enjoyed the short chapters of this. I enjoyed the short chapters of this. Each essay was short, so it kept the book moving right along. However, they were so disjointed, that neither theme nor chronology seemed to flow from one to the other. This desperately needed a good editor. Many asides here could have been cleared up with a simple Google search (and yes, this has been written since the advent of Google, as he mentions throughout) in reference to geography, family connections, history, etc.Fans of McMurtry will likely enjoy his voice and stories, but unless you're a book buyer/boo. He remembers favorite titles and favorite authors in his past McMurtry is not only a prolific author but is also a prolific reader. In the aptly named Books he discusses his early days as a reader, starting with a box of books left him by a family member.McMurtry examines bookstores big and small he has frequented. Often his travels seem more to explore stores than for his business as author. He remembers favorite titles and favorite authors in his past, and laments the closing of so many little shops from New York to Los Angeles and Seattle to Houston.McMurtry has fulfilled his reading dreams by buying and fil. Near Fine Larry McMurtry is a legend in his own right, but for those enthusiasts of bookselling lore such as myself, he takes on a unique significance. Being the author of Cadillac Jack (A modern, fictitious A.S.W. Rosenbach, in my meek opinion), we are well aware of McMurtry's insights into the world of secondhand and antiquarian book sellers. Here, in Books: A Memoir, he invites us to take a small peek at the titles in the collection of his experience and knowledge.I give it Near Fine Harrison Cole Taul Larry McMurtry is a legend in his own right, but for those enthusiasts of bookselling lore such as myself, he takes on a unique significance. Being the author of Cadillac Jack (A modern, fictitious A.S.W. Rosenbach, in my meek opinion), we are well aware of McMurtry's insights into the world of secondhand and antiquarian book sellers. Here, in Books: A Memoir, he invites us to take a small peek at the titles in the collection of his experience and knowledge.I give it 4 stars only because of its formatting. McMurtry has a habit of rambling that can so. stars only because of its formatting. McMurtry has a habit of rambling that can so
Audiences are therefore sure to be eager to read this intimate and surprisingly personal memoir of the brilliant writer's love affair with books. Books is like the best kind of diary-full of wonderful anecdotes, amazing characters, great gossip, and shrewd observations about authors, book people, literature, and himself. Larry McMurtry is known to be reclusive and extremely private, rarely giving interviews or making public appearances. At once chatty, revealing, and deeply satisfying, Books is, like its author, erudite, life-loving, and full of great stories.. McMurtry writes about his life as a boy growing up in a largely bookless world; as a young man devouring the world of literature; as a fledgling writer and family man; and as one of America's most prominent "bookmen," becoming the astute and adventurous collector who would eventually open stores of rare and collectible books in Georgetown, Houston, and his hometown of Archer, Texas.In Books: A Memoir, McMurtry gives us a lively look at the eccentrics who collect, sell, or simply lust after rare books