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rivareads's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
This is not your average account of classical history. I really enjoyed how the author connects and juxtaposes information about ancient Greece and Rome with modern day, contemporary art and literature. Overall is very informative without being an information overload of facts and quotes from ancient literature club. The end product is a well written, compelling narrative, that is easy to follow.
This is not your average account of classical history. I really enjoyed how the author connects and juxtaposes information about ancient Greece and Rome with modern day, contemporary art and literature. Overall is very informative without being an information overload of facts and quotes from ancient literature club. The end product is a well written, compelling narrative, that is easy to follow.
pedrorondulhagomes's review against another edition
5.0
Um livro para quem gosta de livros e literatura. Para quem gosta de história. Para quem tem curiosidade em perceber como é que as coisas são como são, sem as tomar como adquiridas.
Um livro cheio de curiosidades etimológicas, literárias e históricas. Que conta a história de um objecto refinado ao longo de séculos, que revolucionou a nossa cultura; e também dos homens e mulheres que fundaram essa mesma cultura greco-romana sob cujos valores assenta ainda todo o mundo ocidental.
Um livro cheio de curiosidades etimológicas, literárias e históricas. Que conta a história de um objecto refinado ao longo de séculos, que revolucionou a nossa cultura; e também dos homens e mulheres que fundaram essa mesma cultura greco-romana sob cujos valores assenta ainda todo o mundo ocidental.
daed's review against another edition
4.0
Muy bueno, aunque por momentos se hace un poco extenso. Un bonito homenaje a la literatura y su instrumento: el libro.
biblio_popins's review against another edition
3.0
No sé si es perquè és un còmic, però hi ha salts molt estranys, i l'edició de la ebiblio estava malament editada (cosa que no sé de qui és culpa, però meva segur que no).
paloma_sanchezh's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
luisdiegop94's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
brogan7's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
This is a book about the history of books for book lovers written by a lover of books.
I especially liked the Ancient Greece part of the book. I love how she talks about ancient classics as though they are contemporary, she brings life to ancient stories and she so clearly loves books herself.
Although the text is information heavy, it reads very smoothly especially for the first two thirds. I had never thought about how books were first conceived of (long before the printing press) and when we started putting titles on the cover and spines.
Vallejo's attention to detail is inspiring and she manages to write a non-fiction book that really elevates fiction and that makes you feel like you've entered that other world of books and in the same moment, you are standing at the very threshold, she brings awareness to that place between this world and the Other world of reading...
She also manages to very unobtrusively communicate a progressive, egalitarian world view and to pursue it throughout history, looking for the untold stories, the unknown authors, and the journey to tolerance and humanism through history.
I especially liked the Ancient Greece part of the book. I love how she talks about ancient classics as though they are contemporary, she brings life to ancient stories and she so clearly loves books herself.
Although the text is information heavy, it reads very smoothly especially for the first two thirds. I had never thought about how books were first conceived of (long before the printing press) and when we started putting titles on the cover and spines.
Vallejo's attention to detail is inspiring and she manages to write a non-fiction book that really elevates fiction and that makes you feel like you've entered that other world of books and in the same moment, you are standing at the very threshold, she brings awareness to that place between this world and the Other world of reading...
She also manages to very unobtrusively communicate a progressive, egalitarian world view and to pursue it throughout history, looking for the untold stories, the unknown authors, and the journey to tolerance and humanism through history.