Mark Forsyth Libros

In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and witty style he takes apart famous lines and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde. Whether you're aiming for literary immortality or just an unforgettable one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don't need to have anything to say - you simply need to say it well.

The massive Christmas 2011 bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week

My favourite book of this and possibly any other Christmas is Mark Forsyth's A Short History of Drunkenness Marcus Berkmann The Spectator

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON.'Reading The Horologiconin one sitting is very tempting' Roland White, Sunday Times. Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words. From uhtcearein the hours before dawn through to dream drumblesat bedtime, The Horologicongives you the extraordinary lost words you never knew you needed. Wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That's fudgelling(which may lead to rizzlingif you feel sleepy after lunch). A Radio 4 Book of the Week, The Horologiconis an eye-opening, page-turning celebration of the English language at its most endearingly arcane.

Philo longs for freedom and adventure and he most certainly gets it when he lands in the strangest of lands: a place where nothing makes sense, a place packed with riddles and paradoxes. Will Philo ever make it home? Will he make sense of the conundrums that litter his path? An addictive, delightfully bamboozling sure to thrill and intrigue puzzle-loving readers.

Vraví sa: povedz mi, čo čítaš, a ja ti poviem, kto si. Britský esejista Mark Forsyth, náruživý čitateľ a vášnivý návštevník miest, kde sa predávajú knihy, to úslovie posúva o kúsok ďalej: Poviem ti, ako som našiel tie najbáječnejšie literárne poklady, a ty ma budeš nasledovať, nájdeš ich tiež a potom ti už nebudem musieť hovoriť, kto si, lebo to sám budeš vedieť. Pár strán, britský humor a ohromná poklona nielen knižkám, ale aj dobrým kníhkupectvám. Takým, kde nájdeme poklady. Kniha vychádza v rámci osláv 30 rokov kníhkupectva Artforum a zároveň ako prvá kniha novej edície MHD. Edícia zameraná na eseje v malom vreckovom formáte predstaví texty, ktoré prinesú dobrodružstvo myslenia pre zaneprázdnených – napríklad do električky, na cestu do práce.