What we See when we Read

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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. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an awardwinning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love,literature. he thinks of himself first, and foremost, as a reader intowhat is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.