The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631490672 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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She continues to blog about books at ayearofreadingtheworld and lives with her husband, Steve Lennon, in South London . Ann Morgan is a freelance writer and editor
Her project and her book are important, vital even, in an ever-expanding global community.” (Jonathan Russell Clark - Literary Hub) . “The World Between Two Covers offers a persuasive rebuttal to the indifference some may feel regarding the limited availability of foreign-language works, given that there are already more books than anyone has time to read. Ann Morgan is a wonderful writerastute and accessible, lyrical and lushand this is a book so compelling it's impossible to put down.” (Molly Antopol, author of The Un-Americans)“Morgan knows how important it is to see things from other perspectives, to dispel the myths of superiority that our cultures have instilled in us. It challenges the reader ins
What is cultural heritage? How do we define national identity? Is it possible to overcome censorship and propaganda? And, above all, why and how should we read from other cultures, languages, and traditions? Illuminating and inspiring, The World Between Two Covers welcomes us into the global community of stories.. I was a literary xenophobe."Prompted to read a book translated into English from each of the world's 195 UN-recognized countries (plus Taiwan and one extra), Ann sought out classics, folktales, current favorites and commercial triumphs, novels, short stories, memoirs, and countless mixtures of all these things. A beguiling exploration of the joys of reading across boundaries, inspired by the author’s y
A terrific read that could change the world This book was terrific. I am going to take this goal as my own and try to inspire others to follow it as well.The lack of books in translation also explains why so few Americanshave a global view of the world and merely a national view. I believe if there weremore Americans reading more translations, Americans would think twice before constantly engaging in war.Those would be more 'real people' to us that we're . 5/5 for concept. 2/5 for execution. Brontëana The idea of reading books from around the world is absolutely terrific, and is what prompted me to pre-order this book. I can't recommend the prose style as highly. The style is extremely, chronically long-winded. Sentences which run on for more than a page are common place. It was extremely tedious and, in the end, I just could not go on.The name-dropping, extended academic quotes and jargon are at home in a te. Around the World in 196 Books takingadayoff Blogger Ann Morgan spent a year reading books from nearly every nation, 196 (plus one) books in all. This is the story of why she did it, how she accomplished it, and many questions and thoughts that arose in the course of the project.I was surprised that the book was not very much about the individual books she read, but that was fine with me, since I was more interested in the logistics (How did she find get b