Simon Garfield: To the Letter | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780857868619 | To the Letter | A Curious History of Correspondence | Simon Garfield

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Beschreibung

Every letter contains a miniature story, and here are some of the greatest. From Oscar Wilde's unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray's quest to post himself, Simon Garfield uncovers a host of stories that capture the enchantment of this irreplaceable art (with a supporting cast including Pliny the Younger, Ted Hughes, Virginia Woolf, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen, David Foster Wallace and the Little Red-Haired Girl). There is also a brief history of the letter-writing guide, with instructions on when and when not to send fish as a wedding gift. And as these accounts unfold, so does the tale of a compelling wartime correspondence that shows how the simplest of letters can change the course of a life.

Über den Autor

Simon Garfield is the author of seventeen acclaimed books of non-fiction including A Notable Woman (as editor), To the Letter, On the Map, Just My Type and Mauve. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize. [...]

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	464 S.
ISBN-13:	9780857868619
ISBN-10:	0857868616
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Garfield, Simon
Auflage:	Main
Hersteller:	Canongate Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	198 x 128 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Simon Garfield
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.07.2014
Gewicht:	0,315 kg