Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race Tapa dura - 2004
de Mark Twain; Lin Salamo (Editor); Michael Barry Frank (Editor)
This anthology of aphorisms and short pieces explores etiquette, food, fashion, travel, and the home--satirical sketches, devilishly funny essays, short stories, and unfinished gems--by the best-known and best-loved American writer.
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"This wonderful book illustrates precisely why we can never have enough Twain. His humor is timeless, his wisdom about all things without equal."--Ken Burns
"Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living is a real discovery as well as a delight. It brings us fresh material from an old friend, and rediscovers great moments from the long shelves of his published writings. It's the best, most reliable collection of Mark Twain as social observer, moralist, and comic genius."--Bruce Michelson, author of Mark Twain on the Loose and Literary Wit
"A delightful display of Mark Twain's wit and humor loosely tied together under the guise of an advice book. Containing some things old, some things new, some things borrowed (in parody), but nothing blue, this charming collection of old favorites and new releases will guide you through life's exigencies in fine spirits, if not in fine form. Twain's advice occasionally touches the sublime, but only in the form of the ridiculous. This is the perfect gift book for any aficionado of Mark Twain, any connoisseur of the risible, or any stuffed-shirt who needs to lighten up."--Gregg Camfield, author of The Oxford Companion to Mark Twain
"Twain came to understand himself as 'a moralist in disguise, ' and this collection reveals that truth clearly, without jettisoning any of his humor. If you are wrestling with how to advance stimulating dinner conversation, what to do with unwanted magazine subscriptions, how to deal with the 'odious flummery' of fashion, or whether or not to bring your dog to the next funeral, Twain is here to offer his gentle guidance. Old chestnuts and surprising obscurities are provided in a refreshed context through the rich and illuminating annotations of the ever brilliant editorial team at the Mark Twain Papers."--John Boyer, executive director of The Mark Twain House and Museum
This book serves up an elegant taste of Mark Twain's love for the food of the American South, spiced generously with his celebrated wit. Food lovers and humorists alike will revel in the timeless wisdom gathered here.--Nathalie Dupree, television host and author of Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories
"This is a masterfully edited compendium that does Twain proud. It captures the note-taking, aphorism-creating, angry-letter-writing essence of Twain's brain in a way essential, I think, to understanding the man, and by extension, the history of the United States and the nature of life on Earth."--Dave Eggers, editor of McSweeney's
Detalles
- Título Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race
- Autor Mark Twain; Lin Salamo (Editor); Michael Barry Frank (Editor)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st
- Páginas 207
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of California Press, Berkeley
- Fecha de publicación 2004-10-18
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520242456 / 0520242459
- Peso 0.87 libras (0.39 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.23 x 6.3 x 0.79 pulgadas (20.90 x 16.00 x 2.01 cm)
- Nivel de lectura 1150
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2003024224
- Dewey Decimal Code 818.409
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- Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2005, Page 79
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