Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction Perfect for fans of Station

Perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last of Us

"--Melissa Urban

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Widely read in pre-Revolutionary Russia

This exhilarating graphic-novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers

Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction Perfect for fans of StationIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a