‘What We See When We Read’: A Tame Thrill

A BOOK REVIEW OF PETER MENDELSUND’S NONFICTION TEXT — WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE READ (2014)

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Have you ever wondered, “What do I see when I read?” Well, Peter Mendelsund seems to have the answer to your question with the functionally named, What We See When We Read. Published in 2014, this text is a self-described “Phenomenology with Illustrations” and it does indeed teem with images. Such a graphic form behooves Mendelsund, whose author bio explains that he’s “the associate art director of Alfred A. Knopf…His designs have been described by The Wall Street Journal as being ‘the most instantly recognizable and iconic in contemporary fiction.'”

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