The Shelf

Phyllis Rose embarks on a grand literary experiment to read her way through a random shelf of library books, LEQ LESCan you have an Extreme Adventure in a library Phyllis Rose casts herself into the wilds of an Upper East Side lending library in an effort to do just that Hoping to explore the real ground of literature, she reads her way through a somewhat randomly chosen shelf of fiction, from LEQ to LES.The shelf has everything Rose could wish for a classic she has not read, a remarkable variety of authors, and a range of literary styles The early nineteenth century Russian classic A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov is spine by spine with The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Stories of French Canadian farmers sit beside those about aristocratic Austrians California detective novels abut a picaresque novel from the seventeenth century There are several novels by a wonderful, funny, contemporary novelist who has turned to raising dogs because of the tepid response to her work.In The Shelf, Rose investigates the books on her shelf with exuberance, candor, and wit while pondering the many questions her experiment raises and measuring her discoveries against her own inner shelf those texts that accompany us through life Fairly sure that no one in the history of the world has read exactly this series of novels, she sustains a sense of excitement as she creates a refreshingly original and generous portrait of the literary enterprise. Free Download The Shelf By Phyllis Rose For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr our young dzhigits are strapping, and their caftans are covered in silver The subtitle Adventures in Extreme Reading is a leetle bit of an overstatement Truly extreme reading would be completing all of Marcel Proust whilst in a bathysphere suspended in the Mariana Trench north of Papua New Guinea eight miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean and living entirely on a diet of raw cabbage and cr me de menthe and the whole thing broadcast live on a dedicated tv channel But I am quibbli our young dzhigits are strapping, and their ...I think picking and reading a whole shelf of library books, would make a wonderful challenge, one I may adopt somewhere down the line Of course picking the shelf is not as easy as it appears, because many shelves are full of a popular authors book, so it does take a bit of work to find just the right shelf Besides reading and evaluating, critiquing the book, she often looked up information on the author and in some cases actually contacted them I loved reading the background of the book and t I think picking and reading a whole shelf of library books, would make a wonderful challenge, one I may adopt somewhere down the line Of course picking the shelf is not as easy as it appears, because many shelves are full of a popular aut...I loved this book It is perfect for a librarian who reads books the way many people watch TV Rose goes through a shelf of the fiction section at a library, reading all the authors there She shares her thoughts with us, as well as biographical and historical information, contemporary reviews, translators comments, and muchShe contacts some of the authors, editors, and even cover designers to find out about their experiences Of course not all the books are great, but she makes it worth I...I think the least interesting and silliest question authors are asked to consider during a certain sort of quick interview e.g., for Powell s Books QA has to do with what books are on the shelf next to theirs in a library or bookshop It s meaningless So I was pleased to discover that Phyllis Rose chose the LEQ LES shelf foror less arbitrary reasons Her point was to choose a random shelf and read her way through it She actually dislikes most of the books.Like me she seems to pref I think the least interesting and silliest question authors are asked to consider during a certain sort of quick interview e.g., for Powell s Books QA has to do with what books are on the shelf next to theirs in a library or bookshop It s meaningless So I was pleased to discover that Phyllis Rose chose the LEQ LES shelf foror less arbitrary reasons Her point was to choose a random shelf and read her way through it She actually dislikes most of the books.Like me she seems to prefer reading on a e reader even when she has the physical book at hand physical book purists need to know this it s all about the lighting and font size But one of the actual library books she read for the project she mishandled so much threw it on the floor roughly every night that it needed to be repaired after she returned it Phyllis, no.Most interesting were her general ideas on the life ...The Shelf is about the pleasures of reading.It is also an example of itself I would never have known about it read it if I hadn t seen it on a shelf in the library, pulled it out to see if I might want to read it, and then taken it out.Phyllis Rose picks a random shelf at the library well not entirely she has some rul...In The Shelf, literary critic Phyllis Rose is on a somewhat ridiculous enterprise she wants to read her way through a random shelf of her library s fiction section She makes it slightly less outlandish by setting a few rules about the contents of the shelf she eventually settles on it has to include at least one classic that she wants to read and hasn t yet, there have to be several women authors, and if there is a run of works by the same author, she only has to read three of them Still In The Shelf, literary critic Phyllis Rose is on a somewhat ridiculous enterprise she wants to read her way through a random shelf of her library s fiction section She makes it slightly less outlandish by setting a few rules about the contents of the shelf she eventually settles on it has...Phyllis Rose s book, The Shelf, is the story of an unusual experiment It s subtitled From LEQ to LES Adventures in Extreme Reading The author picked one shelf of fiction at the New York Society Library at random, LEQ to LES, to read through while writing about the experience Actually, it seemed a little odd to write about twenty three books and eleven authors But, Rose said, Usually we choose our reading from a preselected list of books, compiled by reviewers, awards panels, librarians, Phyllis Rose s book, The Shelf, is the story of an unusual experiment It s subtitled From LEQ to LES Adventures in Extreme Reading The author picked one shelf of fiction at the New York Society Library at random, LEQ to LES, to read through while writing about the experience Actually, it seemed a little odd to write about twenty three books and eleven authors But, Rose said, Usually we choose our reading from a preselected list of books, compiled by reviewers, awards panels, librarians, teachers, and professors, and these reading lists are remarkably resistant to change She decided random choice was the only way to pick books, so she picked one shelf to read.I ll adm...Calling all book nerds What a great read Rose picks a shelf at the New York Society Library and works her way through it Lovely essays about books, libraries,writers and fiction My kind of read for sure.I loved this book Not every moment, but there were entire chapters that I wanted to read aloud to my friends, my school colleagues, my students I know that Phyllis Rose is an amazing writer Parallel Lives is one of my favorite books ever This book is I think what is meant by a tour de force Rose sets up these rules for herself a library shelf, notthat five books by one author, no books I ve already read or is it authors I ll read nothan three books by one author And write I loved this book Not every moment, but there were entire chapters that I wanted to read aloud to my friends, my school colleagues, my students I know that Phyllis Rose is an amazing writer Parallel Lives is one of my favorite books ever This book is I think what is me...I loved this book Phyllis Rose proves that reading is indeed an adventure To begin with she asks the reader a simple question What about all those books that are never read at all, never even considered Who speaks for them Will they sink back into the abyss of unread literature And how certain works of fiction live forever without actually being read She compares the 758 page bulk of Gil Bias to eating potato chips Each little bit is so satisfying, you want just another I am dying to re I loved this book Phyllis Rose proves that reading is indeed an adventure To begin with she asks the reader a simple question What about all those books that are never read at all, never even considered Who speaks for them Will they sink back into the abyss of unread literature And how certain works of fiction live forever without actually being read She compares the 758 page bulk of Gil Bias to eating potato chips...

• English
• 09 May 2017
Phyllis Rose
• Hardcover
• 271 pages
• 0374261202
• Phyllis Rose
• The Shelf