Book DescriptionCan you learn to read by watching people read? Born in 1923, photojournalist Mario De Biasi has carefully and poetically captured people reading, around the world, in all sorts of situations, for the last forty years. In this universal story told by cultured people from Saudi Arabia to the United States, reading is reflected on as an inescapable and vital act, one that unites peoples and traditions as only knowledge can. Essays by Maria Cristina Didero and Giuliana Scime. Paperback, 8.25 x 10.5 in./88 pgs / 71 duotone.