TY - BOOK AU - Parks,Tim TI - Pen in Hand : : Reading, rereading and Other Mysteries / SN - 9781846884573 U1 - 028.9 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Surrey, United Kingdom PB - ALMA BOOKS LTD., KW - Books and reading N2 - How can other people like the books we don't like? What benefit can we get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of stimulating and challenging literary essays that will be a perfect read for all book explorers and practitioners of the pen. After delighting us with his novels and many volumes of non-fiction, Tim Parks - who is not only an acclaimed author and a translator, but also a celebrated literary essayist - gives us a book to enjoy, savour and, most importantly, reread ER -