{"product_id":"what-we-see-when-we-read-peter-mendelsund-9780804171632","title":"What We See When We Read","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat 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 stray curl, a hat positioned just so -- and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character.  But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved -- or reviled -- literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature -- he thinks of himself first, and foremost, as a reader -- into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.\" -The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat 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 stray curl, a hat positioned just so-and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved-or reviled-literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature-he considers himself first and foremost as a reader-into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Mendelsund","offers":[{"title":"As New (w\/Marks)","offer_id":43176944074995,"sku":"2770002398754","price":12.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780804171632.jpg?v=1662091099","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/what-we-see-when-we-read-peter-mendelsund-9780804171632","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}