Peter Mendelsund is the associate art director of Alfred A. Knopf and a recovering classical pianist. His designs have been described by The Wall Street Journal as being “the most instantly recognizable and iconic book covers in contemporary fiction.” He lives in New York.
A San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Best Book of the Year
A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader.
What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page—a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so—and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved—or reviled—literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature—he considers himself first and foremost as a reader—into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.
發表於2025-04-14
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早在幾年前, Mendelsund 就在博客上撰寫瞭長篇的隨筆,探討閱讀與視覺意象之間的關係。這個主題來源於一次與友人的談話,他發覺,讀者理所當然地以為業已鎸刻在腦海中的文學人物形象,實際上並不那麼清晰。最典型的例子莫過於《安娜·卡列尼娜》的讀者實驗:看過這本書的讀者...
評分《當我們閱讀時,我們看到瞭什麼》這本書初看起來晦澀難懂,但再次深入閱讀會發現卻是一次有趣的思維遊戲。 閱讀時候在發生什麼,閱讀給我們帶來什麼體驗?我認為這本書的大部分觀點是在說閱讀“小說類”文學作品時候的閱讀。這本書基本圍繞著這個問題說話,不少妙語連珠。 “...
評分早在幾年前, Mendelsund 就在博客上撰寫瞭長篇的隨筆,探討閱讀與視覺意象之間的關係。這個主題來源於一次與友人的談話,他發覺,讀者理所當然地以為業已鎸刻在腦海中的文學人物形象,實際上並不那麼清晰。最典型的例子莫過於《安娜·卡列尼娜》的讀者實驗:看過這本書的讀者...
評分 評分每一部小說被翻拍成影視劇的時候,總是會招來很多的議論,特彆是這本小說有很大的讀者群的話,所帶來的議論也會更激烈。拍攝方所選齣來的角色,永遠不可能讓所有人都滿意,總有人喜歡,有人不喜歡。有的人覺得這個人很適閤演這個角色,他就是我心中的某某某;也會有人覺得,他...
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Quite a sense of design.
評分"What do we see when we read(other than the words on the pages)?" asks Peter Mendelsund in a welcome and fascinating new book. Or more precisely, “What do we picture in our minds?”
評分真的很棒啊,來自於圖書設計師的閱讀感受。文字配閤上圖畫綫條等等排版裝幀設計元素,跟著作者我還列瞭一串書單,因為不再是純文字羅列纔三個小時在嘈雜的咖啡圖書館看完,看完後又陷入瞭對讀書的巨大熱情,也是很好的“刺激”瞭
評分挺有趣的一本書,設計感非常好,讀起來比較碎片化,但是有趣。
評分其實更像是一部 Mendelsund 個人的筆記,記錄瞭他本人對閱讀機製的一些感想,比較隨意,當然也失之嚴謹。雖然文字稍次,但設計相當漂亮,非常符閤他封麵設計師的個性啊哈哈。
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