{"product_id":"9781911344186","title":"The Art of Reading","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Young, Damon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLanguage\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 10 August 2017 by Scribe Publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e136 x 205 x 19 | 248g\u003cp\u003eA beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills - an ideal gift for the avid reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What you are doing right now is, cosmically speaking, against the odds.'As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop and remember, stop and learn again how to read better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamon Young shows us how to do exactly this, walking alongside some of the greatest readers who light a path for us - Borges, Plato, Woolf. Young reads passionately, selectively, surprisingly - from superhero noir to speculative realism, from Heidegger to Heinlein - and shows his reader how cultivating their inner critic can expand their own lives as well as the lives of those on the pages of the books they love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Young, Damon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465889583288,"sku":"9781911344186","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781911344186.jpg?v=1734730484","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781911344186","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}