The invention of books

Author's name: Irini Bayikhodar Publisher: Dar Al-Adab for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2019 Literary classification: History Brief about the book: If there is a version of "One Thousand and One Nights" that tells about books and writing, it is present in your hands now in these pages written by researcher, novelist, and storyteller Irini Bayikho, "Shahrazad of Books," blending history, literature, and entertainment with unparalleled skill. In this wonderful work, described as "a song in love with books," the author traces the traces of books starting from the Great Library of Alexandria, which "created a homeland of paper for those who have no homeland," where borders were abolished and the words of peoples coexisted. With a graceful, smooth language, Irini Bayikho takes us back to the libraries of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, and others... She also recalls the earliest forms of writing, the invention of alphabetic letters, and the development of the book from tablets and papyri through leather and paper to the electronic book. The book is spacious enough for the entire universe, and from here came the idea of "Infinity in Parchment," which was published for the first time a few years ago, but quickly achieved a resounding success and became a literary phenomenon worldwide. More than fifty editions have been published in Spanish alone, and it has been translated into forty languages. Its author has received numerous prestigious awards. "Reading has always been a journey, travel, departure in search of the self." And in this adventure-filled journey of adventures, jokes, and difficulties, we follow the traces of all books as if they were pieces of a scattered treasure, until we find the origin of books and writing.