Reading the World
  • Published: 29 October 2022
  • ISBN: 9780099584643
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $29.99

Reading the World

Confessions of a Literary Explorer

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5 Feb 2015
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29 Oct 2022
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A thought-provoking and eye-opening journey through world literature inspired by a quest to read a book from every country.

'A brilliant, unlikely book' Spectator
How can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world?

In 2012, the world arrived in London for the Olympics...and Ann Morgan went out to meet it. She read her way around all the globe's 196 independent countries (plus one extra), sampling one book from every nation. It wasn't easy. Many languages have next to nothing translated into English; there are tiny, tucked-away places where very little is written down; some governments don't like to let works of art escape their borders.

Using Morgan's own quest as a starting point, Reading the World explores the vital questions of our time and how reading across borders might just help us answer them.

'Revelatory... While Morgan's research has a daunting range...there is a simple message: reading is a social activity, and we ought to share books across boundaries' Financial Times
  • Published: 29 October 2022
  • ISBN: 9780099584643
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Ann Morgan

Ann Morgan is a freelance writer and editor. She continues to blog about books at ayearofreadingtheworld.com and lives with her husband Steve Lennon in south London.

Praise for Reading the World

Reading The World is a treasure-trove of new discoveries

Observer

A wonderful book

Red

An enjoyable book that brings a world of literature into our homes

Daily Telegraph

A great way into literature in translation

Red Online

A truly inspiring read

Lady

If you, like me, are a fan of fiction in translation then I would suggest this is a must-read, or at the very least a really-should-read

Me And My Big Mouth (Blog)

[A] brilliant, unlikely book

Spectator

The book offers much excellent food for thought

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