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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The sections about the effects of technology and e-books have been widely written about elsewhere and I did not find new insights in this essay. I would have been interesting when it was first written, but it is quite dated now. ( ) "Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction, a matter of engagement in a society that seems to want nothing more than for us to disengage." This essay perfectly sums up everything that has happened in the past decade, where technology of the internet came by and how the unstoppable information rush (which can be a distraction) change the way we talk, think, and read. This book started life as an essay, and was originally subtitled: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time, I loved how this book reminding me of all the little aspects of why I love books, reading and how reading a real book in a sense as the author puts it: “Act of Resistance in a landscape of distraction” I hope that in reading this book you will find your way back to the page. This book started life as an essay, and was originally subtitled: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time, I loved how this book reminding me of all the little aspects of why I love books, reading and how reading a real book in a sense as the author puts it: “Act of Resistance in a landscape of distraction” I hope that in reading this book you will find your way back to the page. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"The new introduction and afterword bring fresh relevance to this insightful rumination on the act of reading--as a path to critical thinking, individual and political identity, civic engagement, and resistance. The former LA Times book critic expands his short book, rich in ideas, on the consequence of reading to include the considerations of fake news, siloed information, and the connections between critical thinking as the key component of engaged citizenship and resistance. Here is the case for reading as a political act in both public and private gestures, and for the ways it enlarges the world and our frames of reference, all the while keeping us engaged"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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