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The new dark ages

Hardcover • 2026 • English

The new dark ages: the end of reading and the dawn of a post-literate society

By Marriott, James

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About the book

"Books are dying. Across the world the number of people reading is in free fall. Literacy is declining or stagnating in most developed countries. At universities, students are unable to read the books assigned to them by their teachers. Addictive digital entertainment technologies have colonised our free time with infantilising 'slop'. The golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through the centuries is breaking for the first time since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire ushered...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Narrative theme: Social issues

Book details

ISBN

9781847929518

Publisher

The Bodley Head

Published year

2026

Language

English

Original title

The new dark ages

Format

Hardcover

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