What We See When We Read

A San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Best Book of the Year

A 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.

What 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.

• Format Paperback | 448 pages
• Dimensions 137 x 203 x 23mm | 437g
• Publication date 05 Aug 2014
• Publisher Random House USA Inc
• Imprint Vintage Books
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note B&W IMAGES THROUGHOUT
• ISBN10 0804171637
• ISBN13 9780804171632