The Art of the Publisher by Roberto Calasso - ISBN: 9780141978482
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A publisher’s art: one chain of books, a hazardous ambition.

The Art of the Publisher

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    160 pages

  • Release Date

    18 November 2015

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Summary

‘All the books published by a certain publisher could be seen as links in a single chain.’

In this fascinating memoir and manifesto, the author and publisher Roberto Calasso meditates on the art of book publishing. With his signature erudition and polemical flair, Calasso transcends Adelphi to look at the publishing industry as a whole, from the essential importance of graphics, jackets, and cover flaps to the consequences of universal digitization. And he outlines what he describes a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141978482
ISBN-10:0141978481
Author:Roberto Calasso
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:18 November 2015
Weight:120g
Dimensions:181mm x 111mm x 14mm
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Critics Review

Written with passion, intelligence and not without a certain flair for a story, it’s a treat for any bibliophile, a manifesto/memoir that proves he’s a master of the art form he’s arguing for

Written with passion, intelligence and not without a certain flair for a story, it’s a treat for any bibliophile, a manifesto/memoir that proves he’s a master of the art form he’s arguing for Independent

About The Author

Roberto Calasso

Roberto Calasso was born in Florence in 1941. An author and publisher, he began working at Adelphi Edizioni from its founding in 1962 and continued as director for fifty years. The Book of All Books is the tenth part of a series that began with The Ruin of Kasch and includes the international bestseller The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony as well as Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, Ardor, The Celestial Hunter and The Unnamable Present. He died in Milan in 2021.

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