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A carregar... The Social Life of Ink: Culture Wonder And Our Relationship With The Written Wordpor Ted Bishop
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Part social history and part travel memoir, this book explores the history of ink. Tracing everything from the development of the ballpoint pen to Chinese ink sticks to the growing modern community obsessed with fountain pens and inks, the book is full of interesting history as well as anecdotes from Bishop's travels while researching the book. With a writing style that is smooth and easy to follow, the book is an excellent read as it explores a topic with surprising depth. Recommended for those who enjoy popular history, travel memoirs, and books about books. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
A rich and imaginative discovery of how ink has shaped culture and why it is here to stay Ink is so much a part of daily life that we take it for granted, yet its invention was as significant as the wheel. Ink not only recorded culture, it bought political power, divided peoples, and led to murderous rivalries. Ancient letters on a page were revered as divine light, and precious ink recipes were held secret for centuries. And, when it first hit markets not so long ago, the excitement over the disposable ballpoint pen equalled that for a new smartphone--with similar complaints to the manufacturers. Curious about its impact on culture, literature, and the course of history, Ted Bishop sets out to explore the story of ink. From Budapest to Buenos Aires, he traces the lives of the innovators who created the ballpoint pen--revolutionary technology that still requires exact engineering today. Bishop visits a ranch in Utah to meet a master ink-maker who relishes igniting linseed oil to make traditional printers' ink. In China, he learns that ink can be an exquisite object, the subject of poetry, and a means of strengthening (or straining) family bonds. And in the Middle East, he sees the world's oldest Qur'an, stained with the blood of the caliph who was assassinated while reading it. An inquisitive and personal tour around the world, The Social Life of Ink asks us to look more closely at something we see so often that we don't see it at all. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The topic is rather more extensive than I would have guessed. The historical and reenactment stuff I found quite interesting, but the detailed travelogues I could have done without. I mean, who cares what food or drugs the author ingested along the way? A bit too meandering into the inconsequential for my taste.
I liked the story arc ... it begins with a way to replace the fountain pens with ballpoints, and ends with the revival of fountain pens and ink as a medium of expression. ( )