{"product_id":"an-open-book-chapters-from-a-readers-life-paperback","title":"An Open Book: Chapters from a Reader's Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All that kid wants to do is stick his nose in a book,\" Michael Dirda's steelworker father used to complain, worried about his son's passion for reading. In \u003cem\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most delightful memoirs to emerge in years, the acclaimed literary journalist Michael Dirda re-creates his boyhood in rust-belt Ohio, first in the working-class town of Lorain, then at Oberlin College. In addition to his colorful family and friends, \u003cem\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/em\u003e also features the great writers and fictional characters who fueled Dirda's imagination: from Green Lantern to Sherlock Holmes, from Candy to Proust. The result is an affectionate homage to small-town America--summer jobs, school fights, sweepstakes contests, and first dates--as well as a paean to what could arguably be called the last great age of reading. \"Dirda is a superb literary essayist.\"--Harold Bloom \"Michael Dirda's memoir--no surprise to me--is so good that I went up to the attic meaning to send him one of my antique Big Little books as a salute to excellence...A great job. I'll be buying \u003cem\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/em\u003e for my children and grandchildren.\"--Russell Baker, author of \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up\u003c\/em\u003e \"Here, in \u003cem\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/em\u003e, is the show and tell of a wonderful American story, everything coming together in the immemorial dance of literature and memory, of history and gossip, and of the deeply felt, bittersweet story (his own) of a young life. Read it and rejoice.\"--George Garrett \"A lovely, unapologetically nostalgic remembrance of growing up in a more innocent America, but it is also the touching story of one person's lifelong love affair with words.\"--June Sawyer, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e \"Dirda inhabits each book he reads. Inhabits it--and makes a space alongside it for us to join him....He is a rare treasure.\"--James Sallis, \u003cem\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 335\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.26 x 5.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45339680309350,"sku":"9780393326147","price":34.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RlBjVkEybS9hUFkvQ3BZS3NVQjNMZz09.webp?v=1774712978","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/an-open-book-chapters-from-a-readers-life-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}