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Book Title: Gutenberg Elegies : the Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2006
Topic: Books & Reading
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Sven Birkerts
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect
