What We Talk about When We Talk about Books: The History and Future of Reading

by Leah Price

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Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated
Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness to be alone.The shelves of the world's great...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0465042686

ISBN13:9780465042685

Release Date:August 2019

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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