Why Read
At Least 24 Reasons
Edited & with an afterword by Katharina Raabe and Frank Wegner
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English world rights (arboretum), Spanish world rights (Gris Tormenta), France (Premier Parallèle)
Why Read / Warum Lesen
At Least 24 Reasons
Edited & with an afterword by Katharina Raabe and Frank Wegner
Are we what we’ve read? Does reading hone our perception? Our common sense? What happens to our brain when we read? Is there an illegitimate form of reading? An ecstatic one? Do we read differently in our later years than we did when we were young? What did people read under socialism? How do we read during wars? What does reading mean in a society in crisis? Does not reading make us happier in the end?
This is a book about reading, an anthology that describes,...
This is a book about reading, an anthology that describes,...
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Are we what we’ve read? Does reading hone our perception? Our common sense? What happens to our brain when we read? Is there an illegitimate form of reading? An ecstatic one? Do we read differently in our later years than we did when we were young? What did people read under socialism? How do we read during wars? What does reading mean in a society in crisis? Does not reading make us happier in the end?
This is a book about reading, an anthology that describes, dissects, and celebrates reading and the way that it allows us to discover the world and ourselves. Drawing on their own academic or literary works, 24 authors take the liberty to address this topic in their own unique ways. Be it in the form of a theory, a story, a childhood memory, or as a foray through their own personal history with books and reading.
With contributions from: Marcel Beyer, Rachel Cusk, Annie Ernaux, Jürgen Habermas, Michael Hagner, Eva Illouz, Hans Joas, Dževad Karahasan, Esther Kinsky, Thomas Köck, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Enis Maci, Nicolas Mahler, Friederike Mayröcker, Oliver Nachtwey, Katja Petrowskaja, Andreas Reckwitz, Hartmut Rosa, Clemens J. Setz, Wolf Singer, Maria Stepanova, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Alejandro Zambra, and Serhij Zhadan.
This is a book about reading, an anthology that describes, dissects, and celebrates reading and the way that it allows us to discover the world and ourselves. Drawing on their own academic or literary works, 24 authors take the liberty to address this topic in their own unique ways. Be it in the form of a theory, a story, a childhood memory, or as a foray through their own personal history with books and reading.
With contributions from: Marcel Beyer, Rachel Cusk, Annie Ernaux, Jürgen Habermas, Michael Hagner, Eva Illouz, Hans Joas, Dževad Karahasan, Esther Kinsky, Thomas Köck, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Enis Maci, Nicolas Mahler, Friederike Mayröcker, Oliver Nachtwey, Katja Petrowskaja, Andreas Reckwitz, Hartmut Rosa, Clemens J. Setz, Wolf Singer, Maria Stepanova, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Alejandro Zambra, and Serhij Zhadan.
2020, 347 pages