The Art of Reading Contributor(s): Young, Damon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1947534025 ISBN-13: 9781947534025 Publisher: Scribe Us
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills |
Dewey: 418.4 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" L (0.55 lbs) 176 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/08/2018 Kirkus Reviews 03/02/2018 pg. 92 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Young, Damon: - Damon Young is a prize-winning philosopher and writer. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including The Art of Reading, How to Think About Exercise, Beating and Nothingness, and Distraction. His works have been translated into eleven languages, and he has also written poetry, short fiction, and children's fiction. Young is an Associate in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. |
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