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El Infinito En Un Junco (Adaptación Gráfica) / Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
Hardcover
ExplorationGeneral Graphic Novels
Publisher Price: $25.95
ISBN13: 9788419951458
Publisher: Debate
Published: Sep 17 2024
Pages: 208
Weight: 2.65
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.40 Depth: 11.20
Language: Spanish
LA ADAPTACIÓN GRÁFICA DEL ENSAYO REVELACIÓN DE NUESTRO TIEMPO EN UNA NUEVA VERSIÓN REVISADA Y AUMENTADA.
PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO - PREMIO DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE LAS LIBRERÍAS DE MADRID - PREMIO EL OJO CRÍTICO DE NARRATIVA - PREMIO LAS LIBRERÍAS RECOMIENDAN - PREMIO JOSÉ ANTONIO LABORDETA - PREMIO BÚHO AL MEJOR LIBRO - PREMIO ANTONIO SANCHA DE LOS EDITORES - PREMIO ARAGÓN 2021 - PREMIO WENJIN 2023 DE LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE CHINA - PREMIO HENRÍQUEZ UREÑA DE LA ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE LA LENGUA - FINALISTA DEL PRIX DU LIVRE EUROPÉEN 2020 - PRIX LIVRE DE POCHE DES LECTEURS 2023 - FINALISTA DEL BRITISH ACADEMY PRIZE 2023
El infinito en un junco, de Irene Vallejo, es un canto extraordinario al amor por los libros que ha seducido a millones de personas en todo el mundo. Este libro sobre libros emprende otro vuelo en forma de adaptación gráfica a cargo del dibujante Tyto Alba, cuyas excepcionales ilustraciones nos trasladan a los campos de batalla de Alejandro Magno, los palacios de Cleopatra, las primeras librerías y los talleres de copia manuscrita, pero también a las hogueras donde ardieron códices prohibidos, la biblioteca bombardeada de Sarajevo y el laberinto subterráneo de Oxford en el año 2000. Estos dibujos y acuarelas, que cuentan la historia de un artefacto incomparable nacido hace cinco milenios, cuando los egipcios descubrieron el potencial de un junco al que llamaron papiro, nos hacen partícipes de la aventura colectiva de quienes han salvaguardado los libros desde entonces.
En esta nueva versión, revisada y aumentada, las fabulosas ilustraciones de Tyto Alba cobran aún más relevancia y el resultado es una adaptación gráfica para jóvenes de todas las edades.
«Este libro, nacido como tributo a los libros, tenía que ser el mejor cómic que fuéramos capaces de crear. Así que nos embarcamos en la odisea de reescribirlo: una versión renovada con mayor protagonismo del dibujo. Pudimos incorporar cientos de sugerencias, propuestas y pasajes favoritos de quienes llamo cariñosamente tribu del junco . Irene Vallejo
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
New revised and extended edition.
THE GRAPHIC ADAPTATION OF THE ESSAY THAT WAS THE REVELATION OF OUR TIME, NOW IN A NEW REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION.
A rich exploration of the importance of books and libraries in the ancient world that highlights how humanity's obsession with the printed word has echoed throughout the ages - Accessible and entertaining. --The Wall Street Journal
Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of earth to bring them back. When Mark Antony wanted to impress Cleopatra, he knew that gold and priceless jewels would mean nothing to her. So, what did her give her? Books for her library--two hundred thousand, in fact. The long and eventful history of the written word shows that books have always been and will always be a precious--and precarious--vehicle for civilization.
Papyrus is the story of the book's journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. Award-winning author Irene Vallejo evokes the great mosaic of literature in the ancient world from Greece's itinerant bards to Rome's multimillionaire philosophers, from opportunistic forgers to cruel teachers, erudite librarians to defiant women, all the while illuminating how ancient ideas about education, censorship, authority, and identity still resonate today. Crucially, Vallejo also draws connections to our own time, from the library in war-torn Sarajevo to Oxford's underground labyrinth, underscoring how words have persisted as our most valuable creations.
Through nimble interpretations of the classics, playful and moving anecdotes about her own encounters with the written word, and fascinating stories from history, Vallejo weaves a marvelous tapestry of Western culture's foundations and identifies the humanist values that helped make us who we are today. At its heart a spirited love letter to language itself, Papyrus takes readers on a journey across the centuries to discover how a simple reed grown along the banks of the Nile would give birth to a rich and cherished culture.
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