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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
'A literary phenomenon.' - Times Literary Supplement
'Imaginative, lively and contemporary...masterly.' - Economist
'A panoramic survey of how books shaped not just the ancient world but ours too.' - Observer
'A mindboggling history of the earliest books... the story she tells is impressively rip-roaring' - Daily Telegraph
'Packed with fascinating insights.' - The i Review
Long before books were mass produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, at Cleopatra's palaces and the scene of Hypatia's murder, award-winning author Irene Vallejo chronicles the excitement of literary culture in the ancient world, and the heroic efforts that ensured this impressive tradition would continue.
Weaved throughout are fascinating stories about the spies, scribes, illuminators, librarians, booksellers, authors, and statesmen whose rich and sometimes complicated engagement with the written word bears remarkable similarities to the world today: Aristophanes and the censorship of the humourists, Sappho and the empowerment of women's voices, Seneca and the problem of a post-truth world.
Vallejo takes us to mountainous landscapes and the roaring sea, to the capitals where culture flourished and the furthest reaches where knowledge found refuge in chaotic times. In this sweeping tour of the history of books, the wonder of the ancient world comes alive and along the way we discover the singular power of the written word.
'A literary phenomenon.' - Times Literary Supplement
'Imaginative, lively and contemporary...masterly.' - Economist
'A panoramic survey of how books shaped not just the ancient world but ours too.' - Observer
'A mindboggling history of the earliest books... the story she tells is impressively rip-roaring' - Daily Telegraph
'Packed with fascinating insights.' - The i Review
Long before books were mass produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, at Cleopatra's palaces and the scene of Hypatia's murder, award-winning author Irene Vallejo chronicles the excitement of literary culture in the ancient world, and the heroic efforts that ensured this impressive tradition would continue.
Weaved throughout are fascinating stories about the spies, scribes, illuminators, librarians, booksellers, authors, and statesmen whose rich and sometimes complicated engagement with the written word bears remarkable similarities to the world today: Aristophanes and the censorship of the humourists, Sappho and the empowerment of women's voices, Seneca and the problem of a post-truth world.
Vallejo takes us to mountainous landscapes and the roaring sea, to the capitals where culture flourished and the furthest reaches where knowledge found refuge in chaotic times. In this sweeping tour of the history of books, the wonder of the ancient world comes alive and along the way we discover the singular power of the written word.
Perlentaucher-Notiz zur WELT-Rezension
Rezensent Marc Reichwein kann sich keine bessere Botschafterin für das Medium Buch vorstellen als Irene Vallejo. Wie die Autorin über die Entstehung und Entwicklung des Buches vom gerollten Papyrus in Ägypten über das Pergament der Griechen bis zum E-Book schreibt, findet Reichwein zwar mitunter allzu detailverliebt, anekdotisch, weniger analytisch. Packend bzw. launig erzählen aber kann Vallejo allemal, versichert der Rezensent. Etwa wenn sie vom nahezu erotischen Erlebnis mit einem Petrarca-Original berichtet, vom Lesen in der exklusiven Bodleian Library oder vom der Herstellung der Papyrus-Schriftrollen. Lesern des Buches rät Reichwein zur Häppchen-Lektüre, um nicht von der Themenfülle und der schieren Menge an Quellenhinweisen (80 Seiten!) überwältigt zu werden
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