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by Irene Vallejo (Author), Tyto Alba (Illustrator)
LA ADAPTACIÓN GRÁFICA DEL ENSAYO REVELACIÓN DE NUESTRO TIEMPO
PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO - PREMIO DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE LAS LIBRERÍAS DE MADRID - PREMIO EL OJO CRÍTICO DE NARRATIVA - PREMIO LAS LIBRERÍAS RECOMIENDAN - PREMIO JOSÉ ANTONIO LABORDETA - PREMIO BÚHO AL MEJOR LIBRO - PREMIO ANTONIO SANCHA DE LOS EDITORES - PREMIO ARAGÓN 2021
PREMIO WENJIN 2023 DE LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE CHINA - PREMIO HENRÍQUEZ UREÑA 2022 DE LA ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE LA LENGUA - FINALISTA DEL PRIX DU LIVRE EUROPÉEN 2020
«Un precioso testimonio de amor por los clásicos, los libros, las bibliotecas y la lectura . Nuccio Ordine ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ONE OF THE MOST REVELATORY ESSAYS OF OUR TIMES, ADAPTED INTO A GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER OF: PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO - PREMIO DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE LAS LIBRERÍAS DE MADRID - PREMIO EL OJO CRÍTICO DE NARRATIVA - PREMIO LAS LIBRERÍAS RECOMIENDAN - PREMIO JOSÉ ANTONIO LABORDETA - PREMIO BÚHO AL MEJOR LIBRO - PREMIO ANTONIO SANCHA DE LOS EDITORES - PREMIO ARAGÓN 2021 PREMIO WENJIN 2023 DE LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE CHINA - PREMIO HENRÍQUEZ UREÑA 2022 DE LA ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE LA LENGUA - FINALIST, PRIX DU LIVRE EUROPÉEN 2020 Irene Vallejo's loving tribute to the history of written texts has captivated millions of readers around the world. Now, this book about books takes on a new dimension in graphic novel format, illustrated by Tyto Alba. His exceptional drawings bring to life the battles of Alexander the Great, Cleopatra's palaces, the first bookstores, and the workshops where scribes toiled to produce copies of manuscripts. In more recent times, they show the bonfires where banned books were burned, the bombed-out library of Sarajevo, and Oxford University's twenty-first century underground library. Alba's drawings and watercolors trace the legacy of a technology created five thousand years ago, when the Ancient Egyptians discovered the world-changing potential of a humble reed they called papyrus. In Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World, we become participants in a collective adventure alongside those who have created and protected the written word since then. "A gorgeous homage to a love for the classics, books, libraries and reading." - Nuccio Ordine
Author Biography
Atraída desde la infancia por las leyendas de Grecia y Roma, Irene Vallejo (Zaragoza, 1979) estudió Filología Clásica y obtuvo el Doctorado Europeo por las Universidades de Zaragoza y Florencia. En las bibliotecas florentinas nació su ensayo El infinito en un junco (2019), que ha recibido una extraordinaria acogida entre crítica y lectores, convertido ya en un éxito editorial internacional. Reconocido en España con el Premio Nacional de Ensayo, el Premio 'El Ojo Crítico' de Narrativa, el Premio Wenjin de la Biblioteca Nacional de China, el Premio Internacional de Ensayo Henríquez Ureña de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, el Premio 'Librerías Recomiendan' del Gremio de Librerías, el de las 'Librerías de Madrid', el galardón 'Líder Humanista', el premio 'José Antonio Labordeta', el Premio 'Antonio Sancha' de los Editores, así como el Premio Aragón 2021, entre otros, ha alcanzado 45 ediciones, se traduce a treinta y cinco idiomas y se está publicando en más de cincuenta países.
Apasionada por la divulgación de los autores clásicos, colabora con prestigiosos medios como El País, Heraldo de Aragón o Cadena Ser en España, y Milenio y Laberinto en México. Sus artículos han sido recopilados en Alguien habló de nosotros (2017) y El futuro recordado (2020). Entre sus obras de ficción, destacan La luz sepultada (2011) y El silbido del arquero (2015), peculiar novela histórica con ecos homéricos y virgilianos, también traducida a varios idiomas. Ha publicado dos álbumes ilustrados: El inventor de viajes (2014), junto al artista José Luis Cano, y La leyenda de las mareas mansas (2015), con la pintora Lina Vila, acercando las leyendas clásicas a los lectores jóvenes. A finales de 2020, publicó el breve Manifiesto de la Lectura (2020) por encargo del Gremio de Editores. Colabora con proyectos sociales como Believe in Art y Érase una voz, que recrean el arte y la literatura en los hospitales infantiles. Tyto Alba (Badalona, 1975) es autor de cómics e ilustrador. Las obras que ha publicado a lo largo de más de veinte años de carrera demuestran su versatilidad: ha firmado cómics en solitario (Dos espíritus, La casa azul, La vida, Fellini en Roma, Balthus y el conde de la Rola), trabajado con guion de otros autores (El hijo, Tante Wussi) y colaborado con escritores para adaptar sus novelas (Sudd, Sólo para gigantes). Ha recibido el premio Junceda en la categoría de cómic y el premio Ciutat de Palma.- ✔ Authenticity Guaranteed — Verified Designer Goods
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