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The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words (urspr publ 2019; utgåvan 2020)

av Tom Mole (Författare)

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We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We display them on our bookshelves or store them in our attics. We give them as gifts. We write our names in them. We take them for granted. And all the time, our books are leading a double life. Books are far more than the words on their pages. Whether we favour leather tomes, dog-eared paperbacks or files on our phones, what we read and how we read it says a huge amount about us. From illuminated manuscripts to the last edition of the Yellow Pages, books tell us stories about who we are. The Secret Life of Books is about everything that isn't just the words. It's about how books transform us as individuals. It's about how books - and readers - have evolved over time. And it's about why, even with the arrival of other media, books still have the power change our lives. In this stylish and thought-provoking meditation, Tom Mole brings the expertise he has gathered running Edinburgh University's Centre for the History of the Book to write an illuminating account that looks at everything from binding innovations to binding errors, to books defaced by lovers, to those imprisoning professors in their offices, to books in art, to burned books, to those we'll leave behind. A striking text in a stunning package, it will change how you think about books.… (mer)
Medlem:dono421846
Titel:The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words
Författare:Tom Mole (Författare)
Info:Elliott & Thompson (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 256 pages
Samlingar:Ditt bibliotek, Libraries
Betyg:****
Taggar:Ingen/inga

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How meta! A book about books. This gentle non fiction explores books, books as objects, books in their relationship to our sense of self, books as things that build and define relationships with others, books that mark stages of life, books that shape and categorise knowledge... it is surprisingly easy to read, and none of it felt like a Radical New Thought, but it is thoughtful and well structured and a delightful tour of the world of books and how they shape humanity. ( )
  atreic | Apr 20, 2023 |
Not as interesting as it seems like it would be. I didn't finish it. ( )
  CodyMaxwellBooks | Oct 30, 2021 |
Although there exist many books on the subject of the value of books and libraries, this small tome yet manages to contribute a bit of something new. Unlike many of those other authors, Mole builds up from his thoughts about the book, and a book, toward further reflections on books in the aggregate, libraries: "when gathered together in large numbers, books make a kind of argument that's different from the argument you find spelled out in their pages."

There is sui generis value to libraries that is not reducible to the books, so we are not surprised to hear that "Students want to work alongside those endless shelves, even if they can access the texts they need on their laptops." Because "I experience libraries and bookshops as spaces of enormous potential, which invite me to imagine new avenues of intellectual exploration, new pathways of reading pleasure," intellectual labor happens easier and more successfully in libraries, just by being there, amidst the books, even without pulling a single one from the shelf. ( )
  dono421846 | Jun 17, 2021 |
Worthy survey of books as a physical objects – a reminder we all need in an age that increasing treats books as digital content in a cardboard or computerised wrapper. But I kept comparing it in my head to Anne Fadiman's Ex Libris and her other book writing, which is a bit more sprightly and assured, and Henry Petroski's The Book on the Bookshelf, which is more detailed and thorough. ( )
  adzebill | Dec 10, 2020 |
‘’Books are part of how we understand ourselves. They shape our identities, even before we can read them. They accompany us throughout our lives. [...] They get tangled up in our relationships with parents, siblings, classmates, teachers, friends, lovers and children. They are part of how groups of people, and even nations, imagine and represent themselves. Books become meaningful objects in all sorts of ways: treasured possessions, talismans, bearers of significance. This book is about how that happens.’’

There are readers who desire their books to look as immaculate as fresh snow. Others, like yours truly, want them to look lived in, with dog-eared pages and scribbles in the margins. We keep them in our bookcases as tokens of our personality, our knowledge, our convictions. We refuse to obey the rule of common sense and we accumulate them by the dozen, ending up with stacks scattered all over because free space is just an illusion. We fall in love with characters and storylines. Our first journey ‘’abroad’’ probably took place through an exciting book.

We meet heroes and villains, people of the past who shaped our present. We find a way to escape from dark times and personal instability and insecurity. We became friends (and lovers…) with someone who shares our passion for the same books, we fight and refuse to ever speak again to the ones who offend our book choices. We marvel when we find a book with uncut pages, a glimpse into a world beyond our reach. We become as inquisitive as it gets when we visit a house with an impressive (or not) bookcase, our eyes and necks straining to browse through the titles.

We are the ones who can’t get enough of bookish gifts. We are tormented by the question ‘’what will happen to my books after I am gone.’’ We are terrified by the prospect that our children may not worship on the altar of Literature. We are the ones who delight in reading the phone book. Literally. We are the ones who smile at the mere thought of the word ‘’book.’’ We are the ones who are granted a second and a third and a fourth life through the written word.

Is this the finest ‘’book-about-books’’ I’ve ever read? The answer is a loud, triumphant YES!

Many thanks to Alison Menzies and Elliott & Thompson for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My reviews can also be found on https://theopinionatedreaderblog.wordpress.com/ ( )
3 rösta AmaliaGavea | Oct 28, 2020 |
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We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We display them on our bookshelves or store them in our attics. We give them as gifts. We write our names in them. We take them for granted. And all the time, our books are leading a double life. Books are far more than the words on their pages. Whether we favour leather tomes, dog-eared paperbacks or files on our phones, what we read and how we read it says a huge amount about us. From illuminated manuscripts to the last edition of the Yellow Pages, books tell us stories about who we are. The Secret Life of Books is about everything that isn't just the words. It's about how books transform us as individuals. It's about how books - and readers - have evolved over time. And it's about why, even with the arrival of other media, books still have the power change our lives. In this stylish and thought-provoking meditation, Tom Mole brings the expertise he has gathered running Edinburgh University's Centre for the History of the Book to write an illuminating account that looks at everything from binding innovations to binding errors, to books defaced by lovers, to those imprisoning professors in their offices, to books in art, to burned books, to those we'll leave behind. A striking text in a stunning package, it will change how you think about books.

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