title: An Open Book: Chapters fom a Reader's Life
author:  Michael Dirda 
description: "Dirda inhabits each book he reads. Inhabits it--and makes a space alongside it for us to join him. . . . He is a rare treasure."
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  © Janine Summers 2018
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-54394-459-4
  
  
  eBook ISBN: 978-1-54394-460-0
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or
  used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the
  publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [PROLOGUE](prologue.xhtml#_idTextAnchor001)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 1](Chapter01.xhtml#_idTextAnchor002)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 2](Chapter02.xhtml#_idTextAnchor003)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 3](Chapter03.xhtml#_idTextAnchor004)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 4](Chapter04.xhtml#_idTextAnchor005)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 5](Chapter05.xhtml#_idTextAnchor006)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 6](Chapter06.xhtml#_idTextAnchor007)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 7](Chapter07.xhtml#_idTextAnchor008)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 8](Chapter08.xhtml#_idTextAnchor009)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 9](Chapter09.xhtml#_idTextAnchor010)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 10](Chapter10.xhtml#_idTextAnchor011)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 11](Chapter11.xhtml#_idT