What We See When We Read Condition:Good Each page of each title

Each page of each title throughout the series is filled with clear

CYANIDE AND HAPPINESS

and 42 interactive cards that encourage you to try modern art techniques yourself--including collage

*Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2019**Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2019*

What We See When We Read Condition:Good Each page of each titleA gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page a graceful ear there, a