Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter by Alexander Aciman, & Emmett Rensin
Perhaps you once asked yourself, 'What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince his words, muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub?' No doubt such questions would have been swiftly resolved were the Prince of Denmark a registered user on Twitter.com.
This, in essence, is "Twitterature".
Here are over 60 of the greatest works of literature - from Beowulf to Bronte, Kafka to Kerouac, Dostoevsky to Dickens - distilled in the voice of Twitter to their pithiest essence, providing everything you need to master the literature of the civilised world, while relieving you of the task of reading it.
Format: Paperback | 160 pages
Dimensions (cm): 18 x 11.2 x 1.2 | 222g -
Publication Date: 26 Oct 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication City/Country: Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0141047712
ISBN13: 9780141047713
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor damage to the cover including minor scuff marks and minor creasing along the edges, and a tiny tear on the bottom-left corner of the back cover. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.