The Missing Ink

by Philip Hensher

Book Overview

The loop of an "l," the chewed-on pen, letters tiny or expansive: what we've lost in the error of typing and texting

When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. It dawned on him that having abandoned pen and paper for keyboards, we have lost one of the ways by which we come to recognize and know another person: handwriting.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865478023
• ISBN13: 9780865478022
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.6"