{"product_id":"a-history-of-reading-paperback","title":"A History of Reading - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlberto Manguel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book for book lovers by a true lover of books!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book--that string of confused, alien ciphers--shivered into meaning, and at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist and editor Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore the six-thousand-year-old conversation between words and that hero without whom the book would be a lifeless object: the reader. Manguel brilliantly covers reading as seduction, as rebellion, and as obsession and goes on to trace the quirky and fascinating history of the reader's progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to digital.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlberto Manguel \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, a translator, and an editor of international reputation; his many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Imaginary Places\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gianni Guadalupi), the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eNews From a Foreign Country Came\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story anthologies \u003ci\u003eBlack Water, The Gates of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, and (with Craig Stephenson) \u003ci\u003eIn Another Part of the Forest. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn in Buenos Aires, Manguel has traveled extensively and is now a Canadian citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753767502112,"sku":"9780143126713","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/403f7355087442875af9e237d34b3192.webp?v=1780027086","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-history-of-reading-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}