READING FOR MY LIFE: WRITINGS, 1958-2008
Book ID/图书代码： 12560507B11598
English Summary/英文概要： A landmark collection of essays on literature and culture from one of America’s most beloved and influential critics.
Right up until his death in 2008, John Leonard was a lion in American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. He reviewed the most celebrated writers of his age-from Kurt Vonnegut and Joan Didion to Thomas Pynchon and Michael Chabon. He also contributed many pieces on television, film, politics, and the media that still retain their freshness. Collected here are Leonard’s best writings-many never before published in book form-on the cultural touchstones of a generation, each piece a testament to his sharp wit, fierce intelligence, and lasting love of the arts. The volume also includes remembrances by Leonard’s friends, family, and colleagues, including Gloria Steinem and Victor Navasky.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 摘自美国一位最受爱戴和有影响力的评论家的关于文学文化的标志性文集收录。
直到2008年约翰·列昂纳德(John Leonard)去世，他仍是美国读者投信栏中的名人。他是一个热情，博学和知识宽广的评论家，塑造了现代文学的景观。他评论了与他同一时代的最著名的作家，从库尔特·冯内古特(Kurt Vonnegut)和琼·迪迪昂(Joan Didion)到托马斯·平钦(Thomas Pynchon)和迈克尔·查邦(Michael Chabon)。他对电视，电影，政治和媒体事业能够保持新颖也做了很多贡献。 这里收集的是列昂纳德的最好作品，许多作品以前从未以书的形式发表，作为一代文化代表，,每句话都体现了他敏捷的才智，强大的智能和对艺术的持久之爱。收录里面也包括列昂纳德的朋友、家人和同事的追忆，其中有葛罗莉亚·斯坦能(Gloria Steinem)和维克托.纳瓦斯基(Victor Navasky)。（LNL & CK）
Awards/获奖情况："令人兴奋…..列昂纳德在众多学科上的博学令人眼花缭乱--就像闪烁的烟火，有时延展到30或者更多参考—从不是为自己的目的而奉献。相反，它激起了列昂纳德的有感染力的热情，是他成为当代文化界的佼佼者。列昂纳德散文的生动性有助于他的尖锐批判能够经得起时间的考验。"—哈维.福瑞登波尔(Harvey Freedenberg)，《货架意识》(Shelf Awareness)。
"这本书真是太棒了……你应该买这本书，就像在日常生活中拥有普通版奥威尔和迪迪翁一样去拥有它….，列昂纳德的书之所以如此深远，是因为他对文学的深深信仰。"—肯扬评论博客(Kenyon Review Blog)
"列昂纳德的写作风格就像一个人拿着一把短弯刀与匕首对战。作为一个全球文化和美国文学的历史，作为隐形标准和思想文化史，这极大的讽刺了包装。因为文化已经打碎了—混乱，激情，形学。列昂纳德的成就是不可重复的。"—特洛伊.帕特森(Troy Patterson)，《记载书评》(The Slate Book Review)
"列昂纳德（1939-2008），纽约时报书评的长期审稿人和兼职编辑，通过这些语句显示出他惊人的博学多识。他的散文很有趣味性，不拘礼节。同时他也可以在意想不到的时候让你悲伤。显而易见一个伟大的评论家即要有一个书呆子的习惯，也要有一颗宽广的心。"—科克斯书评(Kirkus Reviews)
“Exhilarating. . . . [Leonard’s] erudition on a dizzying array of subjects--flashing like fireworks in lists that sometimes stretch to 30 or more references--is never offered for its own sake. Instead, it fuels the infectious enthusiasm of Leonard’s standing invitation to join him on a roller-coaster ride in the amusement park of contemporary culture. . . . The vitality of Leonard’s prose helps his incisive criticism withstand the passage of time.”—Harvey Freedenberg, Shelf Awareness
“This book’s fantastic. . . . You should buy this book and have it in your life in exactly the same way you should have the Everyman edition of Orwell and Didion. . . . The thing that makes Leonard’s books such infinite things is how deeply he believed in literature.”—Kenyon Review Blog
“Leonard could write in the style of a man who has brought a scimitar to a knife fight. . . . This greatest-hits package doubles—and triples and scores—as a history of global culture and American literature, as a shadow canon and an intellectual history. . . . Because the culture has shattered—chaos, heat, fractals—Leonard’s achievement is unrepeatable.”—Troy Patterson, The Slate Book Review
“Leonard (1939–2008), long-time reviewer for and sometime editor of New York Times Book Review, displays an astonishing erudition throughout these pieces. . . . There is often a playfulness—an informality—in his prose. . . . Leonard could also bring tears at unexpected moments. . . . Glistening evidence that a great critic needs both a bookworm’s habits and a capacious heart.”—Kirkus Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/Reading-My-Life-Writings-1958-2008/dp/0143122908
https://www.salon.com/2008/11/07/john_leonard/
https://www.salon.com/2008/11/07/john_leonard/
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/arts/07leonard.html
https://www.amazon.com/Private-Lives-Imperial-City-Leonard/dp/0345287363
https://observer.com/2012/03/words-words-words-consummate-book-reviewer-john-leonard-is-a-tough-act-to-follow/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/9875.John_Leonard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leonard_(critic)
About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰·列昂纳德(John Leonard)（1939-2008）几乎是每一个国家出版业的评论家或特约撰稿人，包括《国家报》(The Nation)，《纽约书评》(New York Review of Books)，《哈珀》(Harper’s)，《浮华世界》(Vanity Fair)，沙龙(Salon)和纽约(New York)，以及《纽约时报》(New York Times)的日常图书评论员。他也定期地出席美国国家公共电台的新鲜空气节目和哥伦比亚广播公司的周日早晨节目。列昂纳德作为执行主编为纽约时报书评工作4年，并写了4篇小说。2006年，他被授予国家图书评论界的很有威望的伊凡Sandrof终生成就奖。
E. L. Doctorow的小说包括《行军》(The March)、《天国》(City of God)、《但以理书》(The Book of Daniel)、《拉格泰姆》(Ragtime)和《强者为王》(Billy Bathgate)。他获得的荣誉有国家图书奖，三个国家图书评论界奖，两个作家/福克纳奖，美国艺术与文学学院的威廉·狄思·豪威尔斯奖章，和国家人文奖章。E. L. Doctorow定居纽约。
JOHN LEONARD (1939-2008) was a reviewer or contributing editor for practically every national print outlet, including The Nation, the New York Review of Books, Harper’s, Vanity Fair, Salon, and New York, and the daily book reviewer for the New York Times. He also appeared regularly on NPR’s Fresh Air and CBS’s Sunday Morning. Leonard wrote four novels and served for four years as the executive editor of the New York Times Book Review. In 2006 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle’s prestigious Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.
E. L. DOCTOROW’S novels include The March, City of God, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, and Billy Bathgate. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle awards, two PEN/Faulkner awards, the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the National Humanities Medal. E. L. Doctorow lives in New York.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无