{"product_id":"so-many-books-2nd-edition-reading-and-publishing-in-an-age-of-abundance-9781589882072","title":"So Many Books, 2nd Edition: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA charming new edition of a much-loved book about books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A playful celebrant of literary proliferation.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSo Many Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers find themselves in today--when there are simply more books than any of us can contemplate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, this second edition includes a new introduction by Robin Sloan and delightful illustrations by Grant Silverstein. Robin Sloan writes in his introduction, \"This slim volume is above all a book about vastness; about oceanic tides of language, about the feelings they produce, for writer and reader alike. About how words work in the marketplace, and how they fail to work, too. About books and the internet and culture itself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Zaid's\u003c\/b\u003e poetry, essays, and social and cultural criticism have been widely published throughout the Spanish-speaking world. He lives in Mexico City with the artist Basia Batorska, her paintings, three cats, and ten thousand books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatasha Wimmer \u003c\/b\u003eis an editor and a translator in New York City. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e by Roberto Bolaño and \u003ci\u003eYou Dreamed of Empires \u003c\/i\u003eby Álvaro Enrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Sloan \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMoonbound, Sourdough\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e. He splits his time between the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Silverstein \u003c\/b\u003especializes in etchings of a narrative character and in studies of figures, landscapes, and animals. He has illustrated several Paul Dry Books titles including \u003ci\u003eGirlatee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice\u003c\/i\u003e. Silverstein lives in rural Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Dry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635498877202,"sku":"9781589882072","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_efdea3c4-88ca-460f-9a73-9b70675e353c.jpg?v=1759239433","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/so-many-books-2nd-edition-reading-and-publishing-in-an-age-of-abundance-9781589882072","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}