Ex-libris - 100 books to read and re-read

Resumen del libro

Pulitzer Prizewinning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares her enthusiasm for more than 100books ina series of succinct, thought-provoking essays.

';Books can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures, national boundaries, and historical eras,' Kakutani writes in her introduction toExLibris.Here readers will discovernovels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth reading or rereading; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today's most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation. There are essential works in American history (The Federalist Papers,The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.); books that address timely cultural dynamics (Elizabeth Kolbert'sThe SixthExtinction,Daniel J. Boorstin'sThe Image,Margaret Atwood'sThe Handmaid's Tale); classics of children's literature (the Harry Potter novels,Where the Wild Things Are); and novels by acclaimed contemporary writers like Don DeLillo, William Gibson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ian McEwan.

With Dana Tanamachi's richly detailed illustrationsthat evoke vintage bookplates,ExLibrisis an impassioned reminder of why reading matters more than ever.