{"product_id":"what-we-see-when-we-read-9780804171632","title":"What We See When We Read","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page--a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so--and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved--or reviled--literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature--he considers himself first and foremost as a reader--into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePETER MENDELSUND is the associate art director of Alfred A. Knopf and a recovering classical pianist. His designs have been described by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as being \"the most instantly recognizable and iconic book covers in contemporary fiction.\" He lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461178659090,"sku":"9780804171632","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f699f08-aec3-4903-b0d3-dff1c054321b.jpg?v=1730059108","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-we-see-when-we-read-9780804171632","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}