{"product_id":"what-we-see-when-we-read","title":"What We See When We Read","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhat We See When We Read\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003ePeter Mendelsund\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9780804171632\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"What We See When We Read | Peter Mendelsund | Paperback | 9780804171632 | Used: Very Good | Literary Criticism 1675954","offer_id":48742198182040,"sku":"1675954","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51bbDstz-bL.jpg?v=1773849956","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/what-we-see-when-we-read","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}