THE ART OF THE PUBLISHER

In this fascinating memoir and manifesto the author and publisher Roberto Calasso meditates on the art of book publishing. With his signature erudition and polemical flair, Calasso transcends Adelphi to look at the publishing industry as a whole, from the essentia l importance of graphics, jackets and cover flaps to the consequences of universal digitization. And he outlines what he describes a s the 'most hazardous and ambitious' profile of what a publishing house can be: a book comprising many books, akin to that of other twentieth-...[Read more]