9780300139143
The Library at Night
Alberto Manguel
ISBN 13: 9780300139143
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
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A fascinating voyage through the Argentina-born author's mind, memory, and vast knowledge of books and civilization illuminates the mysteries of libraries, from his childhood bookshelves to the libraries of the Internet.
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"...a crusading defence of the library as a mental sanctuary, a repository of memory, the only kind of home that has any emotional value for Manguel the deracinated cosmopolitan."
Peter Conrad, Guardian (London), 04/27/2008
Review:"This is a book full of pleasurable memories--full of happiness."
Doris Lessing, Times Literary Supplement, 11/28/2008
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