Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

by Maryanne Wolf

Book Overview

The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.

A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062388789
• ISBN13: 9780062388780
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.2"