Portable Magic: A History of Books and their ReadersA history of one of humankinds most resilient and influential technologies over the past millenniumthe book. Revelatory and entertaining in equal measure, Portable Magic will charm and challenge literature lovers of all kinds as it illuminates the transformative power and eternal appeal of the written word. Stephen King once said that books are a uniquely portable magic. Here, Emma Smith takes readers on a literary adventure that spans centuries and

Walaupun buku ini menampilkan sosok tokoh secara individu

Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do

offers the first global account of the origins of this new trans-local socialist politics

Paul Léautaud

to working in post-communist Poland

essayist and critic Mieko Kanai – whose work enjoys a cult status in Japan – is a disconcerting and radically imaginative portrait of selfhood in late-stage capitalist society

Wyndham Lewis

but also explores the larger backlash to the nation’s recent reckoning with history and the deeply rooted American mythology so visible in that city—a capital of the Confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares

and fits the UK into the picture without the usual euphemisms

Prak and van Zanden argue that

a montage in retrospect spanning a decade

That it is not a question of taste