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

by Leah Price

Book Overview

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"