βιβλία

Τώρα τελεταία, λόγω “Φεβρουαρίου“, δεν προλαβαίνω να διαβάζω όσο πριν. Ωστόσο μερικά διαμαντάκια τα παίρνω χαμπάρι και τα απολαμβάνω και να πέντε από δαύτα:

1) Το τελικό, απόλυτο κείμενο που παύει κάθε συζήτηση περί e-books. Διάβασέ το. Τώρα θα ξέρεις τι να λες στους φετιχιστές του χαρτιού:  Τα e-books δεν καίγονται.

What are the core characteristics of literature as a medium and an art form? Unlike painting there is no physical image to contemplate, nothing that impresses itself on the eye in the same way, given equal eyesight. Unlike sculpture, there is no artifact you can walk around and touch. You don’t have to travel to look at literature. You don’t have to line up or stand in the crowd, or worry about getting a good seat. Unlike music you don’t have to respect its timing, accepting an experience of a fixed duration. You can’t dance to it or sing along or take a photo or make a video with your phone.

Literature is made up of words. They can be spoken or written. If spoken, volume and speed and accent can vary. If written, the words can appear in this or that type-face on any material, with any impagination. Joyce is as much Joyce in Baskerville as in Times New Roman. And we can read these words at any speed, interrupt our reading as frequently as we choose. Somebody who reads Ulysses in two weeks hasn’t read it any more or less than someone who reads it in three months, or three years.

Only the sequence of the words must remain inviolate. We can change everything about a text but the words themselves and the order they appear in.

Αριστούργημα.

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