Nadine Gordimer
Event 92 • Sunday 30 May 2010, 11.30am • Venue: Guardian Stage

The Hamlin Lecture: The Image and the Word
‘In the beginning was the Word. The Word that was Creation. Its transformation into the written word came when scratched on stone, traced on papyrus, and travelled from parchment to print in Gutenberg. Now universal technology of the image threatens the book.’



