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Public library and other stories

Paperback • 2022 • English • 1. edition

Public library and other stories

By Ali Smith

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About the book

Why are books so powerful? What do the books we read make of us? And what does the vanishing of public libraries say about us? These stories are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make. Public libraries are places of joy, freedom, community and discovery - and they are under threat fr...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Short stories

Book details

ISBN

9780241974599

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2022

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Public library and other stories

Format

Paperback

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