German author Burkhard Spinnen revisits moments of bibliophilia mixed with anguish through a personal and historical journey of the books we encounter and the places we meet them. With anecdotes of serendipitously finding vintage copies of literary classics and bemoaning the loaned book you'll never get back, Spinnen reminds us that even if the eBook has made reading during a commute easier, it will never bring us as much pride as a well-stocked shelf. Or recover the smell of ink on paper, or the pleasure of good margins ...
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German author Burkhard Spinnen revisits moments of bibliophilia mixed with anguish through a personal and historical journey of the books we encounter and the places we meet them. With anecdotes of serendipitously finding vintage copies of literary classics and bemoaning the loaned book you'll never get back, Spinnen reminds us that even if the eBook has made reading during a commute easier, it will never bring us as much pride as a well-stocked shelf. Or recover the smell of ink on paper, or the pleasure of good margins and letter-spaced capitals. For those wanting to keep their hard copies close and chat with friends about the joy books have brought into their lives, The Book offers up a kindred spirit.
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Line Hoven. Collectible-Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Slim octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine white pictorial dj. A book after my own heart. German author's personal and historical journey of the books we encounter and the places we meet them. With anecdotes of serendipitously finding vintage copies of literary classics and bemoaning the loaned book you'll never get back, Spinnen reminds us that even if the eBook has made reading during a commute easier, it will never bring us as much pride as a well-stocked shelf. 141 pp. with b & w sketches.
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Boston. 2018. November 2017. David Godine. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9781567926071. Illustrated by Line Hoven. 12 illustrations. Translated by Aaron Kerner. 156 pages. hardcover. keywords: . FROM THE PUBLISHER-Are five hundred years of the book soon coming to an end? Is the ebook uprooting the printed book just as cars and tractors once replaced horses? And what will happen to our culture which is based around books? Burkhard Spinnen, author and reader, answers the questions that we are all asking ourselves nowadays. Rather than arguing or pleading for the book with a list of pros and cons, he allows a parade of reflections to show us the significance of books and how they have influenced our everyday lives. At stake are the large and small, long and short, right and wrong, the borrowed and the gifted, the lost and recovered books, vast collections of books and our lives are intertwined with them. As remarkable as it is affectionate and kind, The Book is an homage to the printed book as we have known it, and a glimpse into its looming future and our own. inventory #43527.