Title:
Paper : an elegy
Author:
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780062241436
Abstract:
Paying tribute to paper in all of its forms and functions, a humorous, international cultural study and series of personal reflections explores the history and significance of paper from its invention in China to the present.
Contents:
Respecting paper : an introduction -- A miracle of inscrutable intricacy -- In the wood -- Walking papers -- Victims to the bibliomania! -- Ornamenting the façade of hell -- The soul of advertisement -- Constructive thinking -- The secret is the paper -- The squiggle game -- A wonderful mental and physical therapy -- Legitimationspapiere -- Five leaves left -- The hollow in the paper : acknowledgments -- Tearing the book into pieces : a bibliography.
Language:
English
