Paper - An Elegy

Paying tribute to paper in all of its forms and functions, this humorous, international cultural study and series of personal reflections on the meaning of this essential product takes readers through the panoply of human history and around the world. 25,000 first printing.

A propos de l'auteur

Ian Sansom is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. He is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a former Writer-in-Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and he writes for The Guardian and The London Review of Books.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ian Sansom
• Edition: William Morrow
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9780062385239
• ISBN: 978-0-06-238523-9
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 23 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: Women, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Industrial Engineering, CRAFTS & HOBBIES: Reference, CRAFTS & HOBBIES: Papercrafts, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Industrial Design / Packaging, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Industrial Design / Product