EAN: 9780231200578

B-SIDE BOOKS - ESSAYS ON FORGOTTEN FAVORITES - ...

There are the acknowledged classics of world literature: the canonical works assigned in
schools  topping every must-read list . . . and then there are the B-Sides. These are the books
that slipped through the cracks  went unread  missed their rightful appointment with posterity.
They were ahead of their times or behind their times or on a whole different schedule than the
rest of the universe. In B-Side Books  leading writers  critics  and scholars show why their
favorite forgotten books deserve a new audience. From dusty westerns and far-out science
fiction to obscure Czech novelists and romance-novel precursors  the contributors advocate for
the unsung virtues of overlooked books. They write about unheralded novels  poetry collections
memoirs  and more with understanding  respect  passion  and love. In these thoughtful  often
personal essays  contributors?including Stephanie Burt  Caleb Crain  Merve Emre  Ursula K. Le
Guin  Carlo Rotella  and Namwali Serpell?read books by writers such as Helen DeWitt  Shirley
Jackson  Stanislaw Lem  Dambudzo Marechera  Paule Marshall  and Charles Portis.

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