Wordy: Sounding Off On High Art, Low Appetite And The Power Of Memory by Simon Schama

' Wordy is about the intoxication of writing; my sense of playful versatility; different voices for different matters: the polemical voice for political columns; the sharp-eyed descriptive take for profiles; poetic precision in grappling with the hard task of translating art into words; lyrical recall for memory pieces. And informing everything a rich sense of the human comedy and the ways it plays through historical time. It's also a reflection on writers who have been shamelessly gloried in verbal abundance; the performing tumble of language - those who have especially inspired me - Dickens and Melvil≤ Joyce and Marquez. '.

Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Limited
Year:	2019
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781471180101
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	Corners of cover dog-eared.

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SKU: 1600848
Location: Non Fiction