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For Alberto Manguel (A DICTIONARY OF IMAGINARY PLACES, THE LIBRARY AT NIGHT) reading is the most fundamental human activity; to see and transform into narrative is our essential behavior. In these 39 essays from the acclaimed novelist, critic translato......more
For Alberto Manguel (A DICTIONARY OF IMAGINARY PLACES, THE LIBRARY AT NIGHT) reading is the most fundamental human activity; to see and transform into narrative is our essential behavior. In these 39 essays from the acclaimed novelist, critic translator, anthologist, and bibliophile, Manguel touches on a wealth of literary topics, and whether pondering the relationship between books and our bodies, examining the mysteries of translation, or discussing the influence of Borges and Cervantes on his life, he always combines erudition with passion. A READER ON READING captures a marvelous mind exploring the labyrinthine halls of literature.
- Author:
- Manguel, Alberto
- ISBN:
- 9780300159820
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Pages:
- 308
- Publish Date:
- 03/02/2010
- Publisher:
- Yale Univ Pr
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Starred ReviewIn this excellent collection of essays, Argentinean novelist and critic Manguel (The Library at Night) examines the act of reading and the enduring power of words. Beginning each essay with epigraphs from either Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass, Manguel is equally at ease with scholarly matters, such as the (im)possibility of defining gay literature, as with the personal, particularly his account of traveling between Paris and London as a young man. Manguel returns often to texts and authors who've most inspired him, particularly Don Quixote and fellow Argentinean Jorge Luis Borges, whom he knew personally. It is not only words that interest Manguel: he is also fascinated by punctuation and the physicality of the page itself. Though reading is often a solitary activity, Manguel reminds us of the community we join every time we open a book, be it something new or a treasured volume from our youth. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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