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The child that books built
a life in reading
By Spufford, Francis
- ISBN
- 978-0-80507-215-0
- Publisher
- New York : Metropolitan Books, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2002
"I need fiction. I'm an addict," confesses Spufford, a British journalist and critic. Few will dispute the sincerity of this confession after following this autobiographical journey of an obsessive reading life, which Spufford began as an escape from the envy and pity he felt toward his seriously ill younger sister. To Spufford, reading is a way of balancing the real-world experience of incident wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
