Reading the world : confessions of a literary explorer
Morgan, Ann2015
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In 2012, the world arrived in London for the Olympics and Ann Morgan went out to meet it. She read her way around all the globe's 196 independent countries (plus one extra), sampling one book from every nation - from classics and folk tales to current favourites and commercial triumphs, via novels, short stories, memoirs, biographies, narrative poems and countless mixtures of all these things. Her literary adventures shed light on the issues that affect us all: personal, political, national and global. What is cultural heritage? How do we define national identity? Is it possible to overcome censorship and propaganda? And how can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world?
Main title:
Reading the world : confessions of a literary explorer / Ann Morgan.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2015.
Collation:
324 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781846557873 (hbk)
Local class:
809
Language:
English
BRN:
78539