I didnt think I would read much of this book from the LARB review. How do reviews manage to accomplish distancing the readers instead of getting them into the reader cone. (A review like this comes from the other end of what the book could have been). But once into it, I like the book's development as it goes through reading and women in history.
Silent reading. As kids there was a stage where we had to graduate from reading aloud to silent reading. It is interesting to know that at some point most reading was done aloud in a room.
The introductory point where the book had me was about the myth of Philomela were weaving was used as a communication tool to point to the times when education for women was not prevalent.
the book lists the service of many women towards paving the path for other women to learn. By digging up history it breaks the common held knowledge of the lack of educated/powerful women in Arab countries. The book is geared towards women in the west and Europe. There are a few references to the east. I kept thinking about how was it in India.
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