A History of Reading
From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, this discursive essay (with 140 illustrations) on the mysteries of reading follows the passionate 6000-year-old history of the written word, whose true hero is the reader.
Winner of 1998 Prix Médicis.
English First Editions
Toronto, 1996
Alfred A. Knopf
372 p., illustr.
London, 1996
HarperCollins
372 p., illustr.
New York, 1996
Viking / Penguin
372 p., illustr.
International First Editions
1997 Brazil
Uma história da leitura
1997 Greece
Η ιστορία της ανάγνωσης
1997 Italy
Una storia della lettura
1998 France
Une histoire de la lecture
1998 Germany
Eine Geschichte des Lesens
1998 Portugal
Uma história da leitura
1998 Spain
Una historia de la lectura
1999 Taiwan
閱讀地圖一部人類閱讀的歷史
1999 Colombia
Una historia de la lectura
1999 Japan
読書の歴史
1999 Netherlands
Een geschiedenis van het lezen
1999 Norway
En historie om lesning
1999 Sweden
En historia om läsning
2000 Canada
Une histoire de la lecture
2000 South Korea
독서의 역사
2001 Croatia
Povijest citanja
2001 Hungary
Az olvasás története
2001 Israel
Toldot ha-ḳeri ah
2001 Lebanon
تـاريـخ الـقـراءة
2001 Turkey
Okumanin Tarihi
2002 China
阅读史
2003 Denmark
Af laesningens historie
2003 Poland
Moja historia czytania
2003 Thailand
โลกในมือนักอ่าน
2004 Bulgaria
История на четенето
2005 Argentina
Una Historia de la Lectura
2005 Serbia
Istorija citanja
2005 Spain
Una historia de la lectura
Full-colour edition
2006 Mexico
Una historia de la lectura
2006 Netherlands
Een geschiedenis van het lezen – Full-colour ed.
2007 Czech Republic
Dejiny ctení
2007 Slovenia
Zgodovina branja
2008 Germany
Eine Geschichte des Lesens – Full-colour ed.
2008 Russia
История чтения
2011 Romania
Istoria lecturii
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