A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel
Argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. This collection explores the crafts of reading and writing, the identity granted to us by literature, the far-reaching shadow of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom the author read as a young man, and the links between politics and books and between books and our bodies.
Internationally acclaimed as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor, Alberto Manguel is the best-selling author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places, A History of Reading, With Borges, and Reading Pictures (Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction). He was born in Buenos Aires, moved to Canada in 1982, and now lives in France, where he was named an Officer of the Order for Arts and Letters. His most recent book is The Library at Night, also published by Yale University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300159820 |
| ISBN 10 | 030015982X |
| Title | A Reader on Reading |
| Author | Alberto Manguel |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2010-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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