Paper: An Elegy
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062385232 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
“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)
Respect your paper! J. Brian Watkins This book was so good I am kind of worried about my review not doing it justice. So, a couple of my favorite quotes: A parenthetical describing a book entitled "Modernity and Self Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age" our author says "one of those breathtaking books written in the kind of jargon-rich prose that one can only sniff. "Paper:An Elegy" according to Damaskcat. This is a totally fascinating exploration of paper and the ways it is woven into the fabric of our lives in ways we may not even realise. It isn’t a chronological history of paper though there are plenty of historical asides in the book. Throughout the book the author’s love of paper in all its forms shines through and it seems to. Suzi Hough said Interesting tidbits that never come together as a unified whole.. Paper is everywhere. It's not just the books we read or the post-its we scribble and stick to the edge of our computer monitors. It's the wrapper of a cigarette. It's the bills we use to buy our groceries. It's the endless pieces of junk mail that appear in our mailboxes every day. Paper has shaped how we package goods, spread information, an
We are paper people.But the age of paper is coming to an end. Not only as books, letters and diaries, but as beer mats and birth certificates, board games and business cards, fireworks and flypaper, photographs and playing cards, tickets and tea bags. E-tickets replace the paper variety. The world we know was made from paper, and yet everywhere we look, paper is beginning to disappear. Both a cultural study and a series of personal reflections on the meaning of paper, this book is a timely meditation on the very paper it is printed on.. E-books regularly outsell physical books. Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappear.Would anything be lost?Everything w
Ian Sansom is a frequent contributor and critic for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The London Review of Books, and The Spectator and a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. He is the author of nine books including Paper: An Elegy, and the Mobile Library Series.