The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts /

"Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention--the art of writing"--

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ferrara, Silvia (Author)
Other Authors:	Portnowitz, Todd, 1986- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Writing > History. Inscriptions > History. Extinct languages. Écriture > Histoire. Langues mortes. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics. Inscriptions. Writing. History. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing SystemŝLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & ComparativêLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General.