Gallimaufry: A Collection of Essays, Reviews, Bits

by Joseph Epstein

Hardcover, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

814.54

Tags

literature, american literature, 21C literature, essays, literary essays, personal essays, literary criticism, bought, toread1, reading2021

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Publication

Axios Press (2020), 528 pages

Description

"Who is the greatest living essayist writing in English? Joseph Epstein would surely be at the top of anybody's list. Epstein is penetrating. He is witty. He has a magic touch with words, that hard to define but immediately recognizable quality called style. Above all, he is impossible to put down. Gallimaufry: A Collection of Essays, Reviews, Bits contains 58 essays on a wide variety of subjects, each a pure pleasure to read"--

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

9.43 inches

ISBN

1604191287 / 9781604191288

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