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LANGUAGE UNLIMITED (2019) – PICASSO (2018) – HANFF (1970)

Posted on December 12, 2019 | 13 comments

Short write-ups of three very different books: a new linguistics book intended for a general audience, a splendid book on Picasso’s drawings & an epistolary classic of some sorts…

There’s even one I can recommend 100%!

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Tagged 1970s, 2010s, 84 Charing Cross Road, Art, Art books, Christopher Lloyd, David Adger, Drawing, Helene Hanff, Language Unlimited, Linguistics, Non-fiction, Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Picasso And The Art Of Drawing, Review, Universal Grammar, Visual Art

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