Paper by Mark Kurlansky
From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped todays world.
"The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book" -- The New York Times
"Kurlansky’s book is published with a deckle edge finish, a process that replaces the regular clean-cut trim of a page with a jagged, pulped roughness... It is a beautiful thing to hold and feel, and it presents a fine argument for the retention of paper as an aesthetically lusty object, let alone one that’s thrived through centuries of change." -- The Observer
"Kurlansky expertly argues a case for its [paper's] continuing survival." -- The Scotsman
"Kurlansky... explains how something so simple came to play such a vital part in history." -- The Sunday Business Post
"Paper is not what you would call a learned book, but one learns an awful lot from it, all packaged in Kurlansky’s whipsmart prose." -- The Times
"Kurlansky’s book is published with a deckle edge finish, a process that replaces the regular clean-cut trim of a page with a jagged, pulped roughness... It is a beautiful thing to hold and feel, and it presents a fine argument for the retention of paper as an aesthetically lusty object, let alone one that’s thrived through centuries of change." -- The Observer
"Kurlansky expertly argues a case for its [paper's] continuing survival." -- The Scotsman
"Kurlansky... explains how something so simple came to play such a vital part in history." -- The Sunday Business Post
"Paper is not what you would call a learned book, but one learns an awful lot from it, all packaged in Kurlansky’s whipsmart prose." -- The Times
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393239614 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393239616 |
| Title | Paper |
| Author | Mark Kurlansky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2016-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for ALA Carnegie Medal 2017 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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