So Many Books, 2nd Edition: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance - Gabriel Zaid

nA playful celebrant of literary proliferation. n--New Yorker (on the first edition)n nLively, cosmopolitan, and piquant, Zaid's treatise will engage every serious reader. n--Booklist (on the first edition)n nn nReading liberates the reader and transports him from his book to a reading of himself and all of life. n--from So Many Booksn nJoin the conversation! In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers find themselves in today--when there are simply more books than any of us can contemplate. Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, this second edition includes a new introduction by Robin Sloan and illustrations by Grant Silverstein.n