How Reading Changed My Life [antikvár]

In her book of essays How Reading Changed My Life (1998), American journalist Anna Quindlen describes her life-long love affair with fiction, arguing both for the importance of serious fiction and against the “snobbery” shown by literary critics toward “middlebrow” literature. Reviews were mixed. Some critics admired Quindlen’s style—“tart, smart, full of quirky insights, lapidary and a pleasure to read” (Publishers’ Weekly)—while others found the book’s content “every bit as gooey and obvious as its title would indicate” (Kirkus Reviews). Quindlen is a veteran opinion columnist whose New York Times column “Public and Private” won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.