On any given day, millions of Wall Street Journal readers put aside the serious business and economic news of the day to focus first on the paper’s middle column (a.k.a. the A-hed), a virtual sound-bubble for light literary fare — a short story, a tall tale, an old yarn, a series of vignettes, and other unexpected delights that seem to "float off the page." In this first-ever compendium of middle-column pieces, you’ll find an eclectic selection of writings, from the outlandish to the oddly enlightening. Read about: one man’s attempt to translate the Bible into Klingon sheep orthodontics, pet-freezing, and toad-smoking being hip in Cairo, modeling at auto shows, piano-throwing the fate of mail destined for the World Trade Center after 9/11 the plight of oiled otters in Prince William Sound…and much, much more. Edited by 20-year Journal veteran Ken Wells, and with a foreword by Liar’s Poker author Michael Lewis, Floating Off the Page is the perfect elixir for fans of innovative prose in all its forms and function.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 304 ● ISBN 9781439128541 ● 出版者 Simon & Schuster ● 发布时间 2008 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5346145 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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