Paper: An Elegy - Brossura

Sansom, Ian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062385232 ISBN 13: 9780062385239

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2015

Riassunto

Paying tribute to paper in all of its forms and functions, this humorous, international cultural study and series of personal reflections on the meaning of this essential product takes readers through the panoply of human history and around the world. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“With a playfulness that begins with the title, this “elegy” to paper is instead a celebration of its essential, ubiquitous role in society, culture and life itself....[PAPER is] An enjoyable argument that speaks to the paper lover in all of us.” (Kirkus Reviews)

L'autore:

Ian Sansom is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. He is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a former Writer-in-Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and he writes for The Guardian and The London Review of Books.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062385232
• ISBN 13: 9780062385239
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 230