Ian Patterson
Books - A Manifesto : Or, How to Build a Library Hardback
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
A magnificent achievement . . . Hugely recommended STEPHEN FRYI simply adored this book JILLY COOPERWill send you rushing back to your bookshelves DAVID NICHOLLSA pleasure DEBORAH LEVYThis is a book about books, about the subversive power of reading and the strange, enduring magic of books as objects.Ever since childhood, books have been at the centre of Ian Pattersons life, as a poet, teacher, translator, bookseller and collector. As he constructs the last of many libraries, he makes an impassioned case for the radical importance of reading in our lives from Proust to Jilly Cooper, from goldenage detective novels to avantgarde poetry.Wise, irreverent and exhilaratingly wideranging, Books A Manifesto reminds us that poems know things that we might not yet know ourselves, urges us to seek out the puzzles alive in the art of translation and celebrates the singular elasticity of the bookshop minute. But even more than this, the book insists on reading not as a luxury but a necessary part of reality we live within language, and when we think, its with the tools that reading gives us.Our time of cultural and political crisis demands more than books but without them, and without the breadth of knowledge, sense of history, awareness of alternatives and hope for the future they offer, things will not get better. At once a primer for enriching your own library and a manifesto for why that matters, this book is an invitation to a deeper, richer world of thought and feeling and a...
Binding: Hardback;288 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: DNF; Weight: 536 g; Dimensions: 226 x 146 x 28
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A magnificent achievement . . . Hugely recommended STEPHEN FRYI simply adored this book JILLY COOPERWill send you rushing back to your bookshelves DAVID NICHOLLSA pleasure DEBORAH LEVYThis is a book about books, about the subversive power of reading and the strange, enduring magic of books as objects.Ever since childhood, books have been at the centre of Ian Pattersons life, as a poet, teacher, translator, bookseller and collector. As he constructs the last of many libraries, he makes an impassioned case for the radical importance of reading in our lives from Proust to Jilly Cooper, from goldenage detective novels to avantgarde poetry.Wise, irreverent and exhilaratingly wideranging, Books A Manifesto reminds us that poems know things that we might not yet know ourselves, urges us to seek out the puzzles alive in the art of translation and celebrates the singular elasticity of the bookshop minute. But even more than this, the book insists on reading not as a luxury but a necessary part of reality we live within language, and when we think, its with the tools that reading gives us.Our time of cultural and political crisis demands more than books but without them, and without the breadth of knowledge, sense of history, awareness of alternatives and hope for the future they offer, things will not get better. At once a primer for enriching your own library and a manifesto for why that matters, this book is an invitation to a deeper, richer world of thought and feeling and a...
Binding: Hardback;288 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: DNF; Weight: 536 g; Dimensions: 226 x 146 x 28
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Ian Patterson
Books - A Manifesto : Or, How to Build a Library Hardback
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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