false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214065541m/1331108.jpg 108743 4 In <i>At Large and At Small</i>, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay&#8212;a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies to her monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from her wistfulness for the days of letter-writing to the challenges and rewards of moving from the city to the country.<br><br>Many of these essays were composed &#8220;under the influence&#8221; of the subject at hand. Fadiman ingests a shocking amount of ice cream and divulges her passion for Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Chocolate Chip and her brother&#8217;s homemade Liquid Nitrogen Kahlúa Coffee (recipe included); she sustains a terrific caffeine buzz while recounting Balzac&#8217;s coffee addiction; and she stays up till dawn to write about being a night owl, examining the rhythms of our circadian clocks and sharing such insomnia cures as her father&#8217;s nocturnal word games and Lewis Carroll&#8217;s mathematical puzzles. <i>At Large and At Small </i>is a brilliant and delightful collection of essays that harkens a revival of a long-cherished genre.</div></div> 1320603 2007 At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays total:381|5:129|4:165|3:76|2:11|1:0| 381 1555 644 112 4 12 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 23:11:39 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 18:25:55 -0700 2007 knows Fadiman: they went to Harvard together, li...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 20:37:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 19:47:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 08:24:24 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 08:24:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 13:28:53 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 14:56:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 08:22:38 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:31:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 04:34:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 05:00:11 -0700 2009 Ex Libris, but it doesn't matter: I love you, anyway.

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