- Books and reading, Phenomenology, Visual perception in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
"A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading--how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader.
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Character-led, spare, warm and contemplative.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Peter Mendelsund
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 419
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780804171632
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