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Familiar Essays
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 2007
On Sale: June 12, 2007
240 pages
ISBN: 0374106622
EAN: 9780374106621
Hardcover
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In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her
favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed
literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual
breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences.
With the combination of humor and erudition that has
distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman
draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her
slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching
butterflies to her monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from
her wistfulness for the days of letter-writing to the
challenges and rewards of moving from the city to the country. Many of these essays were composed “under the influence” of
the subject at hand. Fadiman ingests a shocking amount of
ice cream and divulges her passion for Häagen-Dazs Chocolate
Chocolate Chip and her brother’s homemade Liquid Nitrogen
Kahlúa Coffee (recipe included); she sustains a terrific
caffeine buzz while recounting Balzac’s coffee addiction;
and she stays up till dawn to write about being a night owl,
examining the rhythms of our circadian clocks and sharing
such insomnia cures as her father’s nocturnal word games and
Lewis Carroll’s mathematical puzzles. At Large and At Small
is a brilliant and delightful collection of essays that
harkens a revival of a long-cherished genre.
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