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Instructive, illuminating, intelligent, funny, accessible.
In places, it both romanticizes and demystifies the life of a modern intellectual. She'll reference Dostoevsky and Safeway supermarkets in the same paragraph, or Tolstoy conferences and shampoo.
She stays true to her intention of exploring how to bring your life closer to your favorite books. This is readable and charming. As time goes by I probably won't remember the literary details as I will the descriptions of Samarkand, Stanford, St. ...more
In places, it both romanticizes and demystifies the life of a modern intellectual. She'll reference Dostoevsky and Safeway supermarkets in the same paragraph, or Tolstoy conferences and shampoo.
She stays true to her intention of exploring how to bring your life closer to your favorite books. This is readable and charming. As time goes by I probably won't remember the literary details as I will the descriptions of Samarkand, Stanford, St. ...more
Apr 09, 2010
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Dewey 891.709
CLAY-HQ,RIV,FOR
CLAY-HQ,RIV,FOR
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