by Simon Garfield · Ponte alle Grazie · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788862209564
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«L'arte perduta di scrivere le lettere e come ritrovarla», by Simon Garfield, is the essay from publisher Ponte alle Grazie (paperback, 462 pp., Italian).
Simon Garfield traces the history of written correspondence to champion its value in an age dominated by email. With erudition and irony, he weaves together anecdotes ranging from the tablets of Roman Britain to the letters of Cicero, Seneca, Anne Boleyn, Napoleon, Jane Austen and Madame de Sévigné, celebrating the intimacy and reflection of the epistolary genre.
Original title: «To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing»; Italian translation by Roberta Zuppet, Francesco Zago and Stefano Valenti. Saggi collection.
For readers interested in cultural history, popular non-fiction and the art of letter writing.
Simon Frank Garfield is a British journalist and non-fiction author. He has written for publications such as Time Out, The Independent, and The Observer. His early work focused on the music industry, but his books have increasingly delved into niche topics, from British wrestling and the invention of mauve to the history of encyclopedias and typefaces. Garfield is based in London.
