THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2013 by David Shields
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shields, David, 1956–
How literature saved my life / by David Shields. —1st ed.
p. cm.
“This is a Borzoi book.”
eISBN: 978-0-307-96153-2
1. Shields, David, 1956—–Books and reading.
2. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
3. Criticism. I. Title.
PS3569.H4834Z469 2013
813′.54—dc23
[B] 2012036686
Internal photo series by Tom Collicott and David Shields
Front-of-jacket photograph by Geoff Spear
Jacket design by Chip Kidd
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