{"product_id":"at-large-and-at-small-familiar-essays-9780374531317","title":"At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAt Large and At Small\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany 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. \u003ci\u003eAt Large and At Small \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant and delightful collection of essays that harkens a revival of a long-cherished genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Fadiman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Catches You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Fall Down\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award, an \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and a Salon Book Award. She is also the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eEx Libris\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eRereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays and articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She is the Francis Writer-in-Residence at Yale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543617966354,"sku":"9780374531317","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_035d112a-f240-4777-a83f-03d6cc811ae6.jpg?v=1731512185","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/at-large-and-at-small-familiar-essays-9780374531317","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}