El infinito en un junco / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World (Spanish Edition)

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De humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de árboles, de plástico y de luz...Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.
 
Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefacto que inventamos para que las palabras pudieran viajar en el espacio y en el tiempo. Es la historia de su fabricación y de todos los modelos y formatos de libros que hemos ensayado a lo largo de casi treinta siglos.
 
Es, además, un libro de viajes. Una ruta con escalas en los campos de batalla de Alejandro y en la Villa de los Papiros bajo la erupción del Vesubio, en los palacios de Cleopatra y en el escenario del crimen de Hipatia, en las primeras librerías conocidas y en los talleres de copia manuscrita, en las hogueras donde ardieron códices prohibidos, en el gulag, en la biblioteca de Sarajevo y en el laberinto subterráneo de Oxford en el año 2000. Un hilo que une a los clásicos con el vertiginoso mundo contemporáneo, conectándolos con debates actuales: Aristófanes y los procesos judiciales contra humoristas, Safo y la voz literaria de las mujeres, Tito Livio y el fenómeno fan, Séneca y la posverdad…
 
Pero, sobre todo, esta es una fabulosa aventura colectiva protagonizada por miles de personas que, a lo largo del tiempo, han hecho posibles y han protegido los libros: narradoras orales, escribas, iluminadores, traductores, vendedores ambulantes, maestras, sabios, espías, rebeldes, monjas, esclavos, aventureras; Lectores en paisajes de montaña y junto al mar que ruge, en las capitales donde la energía se concentra y en los enclaves más apartados donde el saber se refugia en tiempos de caos. Gente común cuyos nombres en muchos casos no registra la historia, esos salvadores de libros que son los auténticos protagonistas de esta obra.

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From smoke, stone, clay, silk, leather, trees, plastic, and light ... A journey through the life of books and of those who have safeguarded them for almost thirty centuries.

This is a book about the history of books. A journey through the life of that fascinating object that we invented so that words could travel in space and time.

It is also a travel book whose route has stopovers in the battlefields of Alexander the Great and in the Villa of the Papyri during Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, in Cleopatra’s palaces and at the scene of Hypatia’s murder, in the first-ever known bookstores and in the workshops where manuscripts were copied, at the bonfires where forbidden texts were burned, in the gulag, in the Sarajevo library, and in the Oxford underground labyrinth in 2000. It is a thread that unites classics with the dizzying contemporary world, connecting them with current debates: Aristophanes and the judicial processes against comedy-writers, Sapphoand the literary voice of women, Tito Livio and the fan phenomenon, Seneca and post-truth.

But above all, this is a fabulous collective adventure starring thousands of people who, over time, have made books possible and have protected them.

This book title, El infinito en un junco / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World, ISBN: 9780593312575, by Irene Vallejo, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (August 24, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Product Details

Author:
Irene Vallejo
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
456
Publisher:
PRH Grupo Editorial (August 24, 2021)
Language:
Spanish
ISBN-13:
9780593312575
ISBN-10:
0593312570
Weight:
13.2oz
Case Pack:
22
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Dimensions:
5.48" x 8.37" x 0.97"
Audience:
General/trade
Imprint:
Vintage Espanol

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