Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 189
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ISBN-10 : 9781324001287
ISBN-13 : 1324001283
Rating : 4/5 (283 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by : Mary Norris

Download or read book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen written by Mary Norris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read.” —Vivian Gornick, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris’s memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine—and more than a few Greek men.


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