The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words

Tom Mole

ISBN 10: 1783965290 / ISBN 13: 9781783965298

Verlag: Elliott & Thompson Ltd, 2020

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Inhaltsangabe:

We love books. We take them to bed with us. We display them on our bookshelves. We write our names in them. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We take them for granted. But there's much more to them than meets the eye.

From how books feel and smell, to burned books, banned books and books that create nations, The Secret Life of Books is about everything beyond the words on a page. It's about how books - and readers - have evolved over time. And about how books still have the power to change our lives.

'A real treasure trove for book lovers' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH

'Every sentence is utterly captivating ... probably the most compulsive text ever penned about what it means to handle and possess a book' CHRISTOPHER DE HAMEL, author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

'Wonderfully insightful' ALBERTO MANGUEL, author of A History of Reading

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Tom Mole is Professor of English Literature and Book History at the University of Edinburgh, where he runs the Centre for the History of the Book. He has taught at universities in the UK and Canada, and has lectured widely in Europe, Australia and North America. He has written or edited several volumes about books and literature, including What the Victorians Made of Romanticism, which won the 2018 Saltire Prize for Research Book of the Year. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and young daughter.

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Titel: The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More...
Verlag: Elliott & Thompson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 2. Auflage