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This essay is about the joy of reading, and how every book is a kind of gift to its reader. It talks about how the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance, and how it leaves each participant enriched. Robert Macfarlane talks about how he was given a book as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt. This essay is a lyrical celebration of the transcendent power and humanity of the given book.
From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks -- an essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves each participant enriched. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt. From one of the most lyrical writers of our time comes a perfectly formed gem, a lyrical celebration of the transcendent power and humanity of the given book.
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