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Peter Mendelsund
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What We See When We Read
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2014
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15 editions
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2014
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Same Same
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The Book Cover: Art at the Edges of Literature
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La transformación
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1915
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833 editions
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Time Travel: A History
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2016
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29 editions
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Afterzine, Issue 2
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“If books were roads, some would be made for driving quickly - details are scant, and what details there are appear drab - but the velocity and torque of the narrative is exhilarating. Some books, if seen as roads, would be make for walking - the trajectory of the road mattering far less than the vistas these roads might afford. The best book for me: I drive through it quickly but am forced to stop on occasion, to pull over and marvel.”
― What We See When We Read
― What We See When We Read
“Once a reading of a book is under way, and we sink into the experience, a performance of a sort begins...
We perform a book-we perform a reading of a book. We perform a book, and we attend the performance.
(As readers, we are both the conductor and the orchestra, as well as the audience.)”
― What We See When We Read
We perform a book-we perform a reading of a book. We perform a book, and we attend the performance.
(As readers, we are both the conductor and the orchestra, as well as the audience.)”
― What We See When We Read
“Words are effective not because of what they carry in them, but for their latent potential to unlock the accumulated experience of the reader. Words "contain" meanings, but, more important, words potentiate meaning...”
― What We See When We Read
― What We See When We Read
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