This book is addressed to all who are interested in literature and wonders what it is and how many senses and worlds can fit in that word. This book is an excellent gateway to literature knowledge. Throughout its 16 chapters, it offers a deep study into antiquity and from there, is a free journey through the history of literacy. Marisa Lajolo is able to study the subject by putting in contrast or in a complementarity relation to multiple – and perhaps countless – aspects of literature. The most important point of this light and fluid, but grounded and profound text, is the conception that there are many literatures, even though some voices do not coexist well with difference.