What We See when We Read

What We See when We Read A Phenomenology ; with Illustrations

A Knopf art director presents a fully illustrated investigation into how we visualize images while reading works of literature, sharing example fragments of artwork that provide insights into how authors imagined their characters and settings. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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Connor @cgbart
5 stars
Oct 5, 2022

This book was really fascinating! It reads very quickly and is more of a collage than a book-length essay, if that makes sense (it will once you've seen inside it, anyway).

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elena <3@cottelenaa
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Jul 28, 2024
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Sonia Grgas@sg911911
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Feb 23, 2024
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Lizelle G@lizelle
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Dec 28, 2023
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Hannah Swithinbank@hannahswiv
4 stars
Nov 27, 2023
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Hannah Lee@hannahlee
3 stars
Mar 20, 2023
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Kevin Finlayson@kevinfinlayson
3 stars
Jan 2, 2023
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Joshua Line@fictionjunky
4 stars
Dec 30, 2022
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Julia Lotz@missfoxyreads
4 stars
Oct 20, 2022
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Katie Chua@kchua
4 stars
Aug 13, 2022
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Ben Barry@benbarry
2 stars
Jan 13, 2022
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Djordje Vlaisavljevic@trojerucica
3 stars
Jan 10, 2022
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taryn@tarynbrickner
3 stars
Jan 7, 2022
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Stephen Schenkenberg@schenkenberg
4 stars
Dec 29, 2021
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Moray Lyle McIntosh@bookish_arcadia
4 stars
Dec 5, 2021
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Delaney Johnson@lit1800
3 stars
Nov 24, 2021
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Brianna Best@bookingitwithbri
4 stars
Nov 18, 2021
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Andrea Henderson@arhenderson5
5 stars
Oct 25, 2021
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Jolin Masson@JolinM
3 stars
Jul 26, 2021
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Nick Simson@nsmsn
3 stars
May 25, 2021