Why Read?
CHARLES DANTZIG, TRANSLATED BY RENUKA GEORGE
A poetic evocation of the act of reading, a provocation for non-readers, a sparkling soliloquy for avid readers, and a philosophical reflection on what we call literature, Why Read? is all of these things. Dantzig draws on humour and cogitation in equal measure to present a gift to bibliophiles across the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHARLES DANTZIG has written many books of poetry, essays and novels. He is very well-known for his Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française which has won several literary prizes, amongst them the Prix de l'Essai de l'Académie Française, and Pourquoi Lire? that he wrote in 2010 and for which he received the Grand Prix Jean-Giono. In 2019 he recieved one of the most prestigious French literary prizes, the Grand Prix Paul Morand of Literature. Why Read? marks the first time his ouevre is being translated to English.
INFORMATION
Published by Yoda Press, 2019
ISBN 9789382579564
218 Pages, Paperback