"The Infinite in a Papyrus" Irene Vallejo / Yuko Mita Price: ¥5,280 → ¥4,799 Unopened, still in shrink wrap. Thank you. ★Winner of the 57th Bookbinding and Book Design Competition Jury's Encouragement Award!★ [Contents] A million-copy international bestseller. A grand book by one of Spain's most prominent writers, chronicling the beginning of the history of books. "I have the absolute conviction that this book will continue to be read even when today's readers are in the next life." - Mario Vargas Llosa "The invention of the book may be the greatest feat in our persistent battle against destruction" (from this book) Focusing on the dawn of the history of books, spanning over three millennia, this book traces the footsteps of books and the people who have inherited them, from oral tradition to scrolls and codices, the birth of libraries, the alphabet revolution, reading, bookstores, and other book-related events. This global bestseller, written in the form of essays, depicts the tumultuous journey of books, referencing contemporary social phenomena, literary works, and films, such as the legal proceedings against Aristophanes and the comic playwrights, Sappho and the voice of women in literature, Titus Livius and the fan phenomenon, and Seneca and post-truth. Fighting to create, inherit, and protect books. #IreneVallejo #YukoMita #Yuko_Mita #books #history/worldhistory