The Pen
A Human History
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The Pen
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Simon Garfield
“A paean to the pen—glorious and golden.”—Emma Thompson, two-time Academy Award-winning actor and writer
The pen has been with us for millennia. Many beloved authors had their preferred instruments—Jane Austen and Dickens wrote their novels with hundreds of quills, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Graham Greene favored a Parker Duofold, Ernest Hemingway used both a Montblanc and a Montegrappa, and Stephen King calls his Waterman Hemisphere ‘the world’s finest word processor.’ It was the pen that signed the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, and the agreements at the Yalta Conference. The history of the pen is the history of civilization; the technology of intellect itself. Within the mechanics of ink chambers, springs, and ballpoint tips lies the history of ideas—from the faintest notion to the wildest invention—and of the oldest tangible connection between an individual mind and anyone in the world who can read its creations.
In this expansive history, beloved author Simon Garfield delivers an enthralling look at society through the evolution of our favorite writing tool. Garfield takes readers on a trek across time and place, from the home of the calamus reed pens along the banks of the Nile in the fourth century BC; to the factory floor at Montblanc and Bic; to the Apple Pencils we use today. We meet the pioneers behind various iterations of the pen, such as Joseph Priestley, who was among the first to affix a steel tip to a quill in 1780; Bartholomew Folsch, who created the early reservoir pen in 1809; and Milton Reynolds, who introduced the world to the first (and very leaky) ballpoint pen.
Written with Garfield’s unique narrative flair and drawing on a wealth of historical research and original interviews, The Pen makes a case for why this most important instrument is an indelible marker of our shared culture and how it continues to shape the way we live in the digital age.
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“A paean to the pen—glorious and golden. At last, a book celebrating my most precious possession. I am so glad to better understand its history, and I shall appreciate my pen even more every time I pick it up.”—Emma Thompson, two-time Academy Award-winning actor and writer
“The pen has been waiting a long time for its biographer, and in Simon Garfield it has found the perfect one. Erudite, entertaining, and full of wonderful surprises, this is a book to savour—a warm, witty and engrossing celebration of one of humanity’s greatest inventions. I adored every page.”—Shaun Usher, New York Times bestselling author of Letters of Note
“There really isn't a topic about which Simon Garfield can't find a lively tale to tell. . . . From László Bíró and George Safford Parker to the exploding pens of James Bond, Garfield once again shows what a rich history there is to explore.”—Esquire (UK)
“A wry, amiable read . . . Garfield has a ready feel for how these ubiquitous, unremarkable items fit into human culture.”—The Times (UK)
“[T]he upbeat story of how pens got better and better . . . a likeable and absorbing history.”—The Times Literary Supplement
“An absorbing survey of the writing implement from the ancient reed to the Apple Pencil . . . The Pen is the sort of book filled with facts you want to read aloud. . . . Garfield sees a healthy future in this unrepentantly analogue world, signing off optimistically from a bustling trade fair, where the pen symbolises everything that has been committed to ink, as well as all the written possibilities yet to come.”—World of Interiors
“Another title in the author’s distinguished corpus, this book is a ‘history of an object’ in its purest form, following the development of writing technology with bloodhound focus . . . [R]iveting . . . Reader beware: This book will make you want to rush out and buy a writing implement to cherish.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The humble writing instrument is making a nostalgic comeback, according to the entertaining latest from journalist Garfield . . . Pen obsessives will be over the moon.”—Publishers Weekly
“Just as a book can't be judged by its cover, The Pen proves that a writing utensil is more than its barrel. At its core, The Pen is about values, and in particular, what we make of this writing tool in our digital age.”—Booklist
“The pen has been waiting a long time for its biographer, and in Simon Garfield it has found the perfect one. Erudite, entertaining, and full of wonderful surprises, this is a book to savour—a warm, witty and engrossing celebration of one of humanity’s greatest inventions. I adored every page.”—Shaun Usher, New York Times bestselling author of Letters of Note
“There really isn't a topic about which Simon Garfield can't find a lively tale to tell. . . . From László Bíró and George Safford Parker to the exploding pens of James Bond, Garfield once again shows what a rich history there is to explore.”—Esquire (UK)
“A wry, amiable read . . . Garfield has a ready feel for how these ubiquitous, unremarkable items fit into human culture.”—The Times (UK)
“[T]he upbeat story of how pens got better and better . . . a likeable and absorbing history.”—The Times Literary Supplement
“An absorbing survey of the writing implement from the ancient reed to the Apple Pencil . . . The Pen is the sort of book filled with facts you want to read aloud. . . . Garfield sees a healthy future in this unrepentantly analogue world, signing off optimistically from a bustling trade fair, where the pen symbolises everything that has been committed to ink, as well as all the written possibilities yet to come.”—World of Interiors
“Another title in the author’s distinguished corpus, this book is a ‘history of an object’ in its purest form, following the development of writing technology with bloodhound focus . . . [R]iveting . . . Reader beware: This book will make you want to rush out and buy a writing implement to cherish.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The humble writing instrument is making a nostalgic comeback, according to the entertaining latest from journalist Garfield . . . Pen obsessives will be over the moon.”—Publishers Weekly
“Just as a book can't be judged by its cover, The Pen proves that a writing utensil is more than its barrel. At its core, The Pen is about values, and in particular, what we make of this writing tool in our digital age.”—Booklist
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