Tiempos paradójicos: en el momento en que se venden más libros en la historia, el impacto de la lectura se siente está en un momento crítico.
The New York Times (acceso gratuito con registro previo) cuenta:
"Now, in the wake of a National Endowment for the Arts report that says -- to no one's surprise -- that interest in literature is falling drastically, reading is getting some more thoughtful defense..."
"...Overall, though, the effects of reading major authors are almost always good ones. It is virtually impossible to be a consequential literary artist without infusing your work with sympathy. This understanding dates at least as far back as Homer, who makes it a point to depict the Trojans nearly as humanely as he does his fellow Greeks. One of the most moving scenes in ''The Iliad,'' drastically edited in the recent film, ''Troy,'' comes when Hector, fully armored, reaches to embrace his baby son before going into battle. The boy is terrified of the bronzed giant in front of him and cries out. With the greatest tenderness, Hector removes his helmet with its vast horsehair plume. Then he takes hold of his son to say goodbye."
El autor del artículo es Mark Edmundson, es el profesor distinguido en la Universidad de Virgina. Su nuevo libro será, ''Why Read?", que se publicará en septiembre en Estados Unidos.
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