Paper: An Elegy
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Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom
A witty, personal and entertaining reflection on the history and meaning of paper during the (passing) era of its universal importance.‘Engaging and dynamic’ Andrew Martin, Financial Times
‘Wonderfully diverting…Splendidly dense with fact and thought’ Steven Poole, Times Literary Supplement
‘Sansom’s scholarship is prodigious; his enthusiasm inexhaustible…He can make one laugh out loud by his placing of a single word’ Daily Telegraph
‘A collection of ever so erudite, witty, chucklesome essays, rich with digressions and asides, on paper, in many of its guises, that seeks to refute – and does refute – the idea that we are moving towards a paperless world’ Bookmunch
Born in Essex, England, Ian Sansom is the author of the popular Mobile Library Mystery Series. He is also a frequent contributor and critic for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The London Review of Books, and The Spectator. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4.
He studied at both Oxford and Cambridge and is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Currently, he teaches at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen's University in Belfast.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007480272 |
| ISBN 10 | 000748027X |
| Title | Paper: An Elegy |
| Author | Ian Sansom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2013-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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