The Art of Reading

The Art of Reading

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Publisher's Synopsis

A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills.  'What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.' As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop and remember, stop and learn again how to read better. Damon Young shows us how to do exactly this, walking alongside some of the greatest readers who light a path for us — Borges, Plato, Woolf. Young reads passionately, selectively, surprisingly — from superhero noir to speculative realism, from Heidegger to Heinlein — and shows his reader how cultivating their inner critic can expand their own lives as well as the lives of those on the pages of the books they love.

Book information

ISBN: 9781947534025
Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Imprint: Scribe
Pub date:
Edition: US edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 176
Weight: 249g
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 18mm