Utterly loved this nonfiction book which deconstructs 'what we see when we read': the physical and emotional act of reading.
Absolutely fascinating, marvelously designed. So many keeper quotes. Like:
"One should watch a film adaptation of a favorite book only after considering, very carefully, the fact that the casting of the film may very well become the permanent casting of the book in one's mind. This is a very real hazard."
"When I read, my retirement from the phenomenal world is undertaken too quickly to notice. The world is in front of me and the world "inside" me are not merely adjacent, but overlapping; superimposed. A book feels like the intersection of these two domains--or like a conduit; a bride; a passage between them."
This is a book to buy and refer to often. Fascinating.