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All Men Are Liars
History Of Reading
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning, and at that moment, whole universes opened. You …
El viajero, la torre y la larva
Ésta obra por primera vez traducida al español, nos invita a analizar "el acto de leer" a través del uso de metáforas donde el lector es un viajero dentro del libro que cual mundo, …
Into The Looking-Glass Wood
By the award-winning author of A History of Reading"For me, words on a page give the world coherence--Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be--I believe there …
Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm
As far as one can tell, human beings are the only species for which the world seems made up of stories, Alberto Manguel writes. We read the book of the world in many guises: we may …
Melancholy
A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy throughout history Alberto Manguel praises the Hungarian writer László Földényi as “one of the most …
Reading Diary: A Year Of Favourite Books
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be …
Maimonides
An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles …
Un cititor în Padurea din Oglinda
Împarta?indu-ne experien?ele sale de cititor, cu un stil care se remarca prin umor fin ?i erudi?ie, Alberto Manguel sus?ine în aceasta excelenta culegere de eseuri ca lectura, în …
Fabulous Monsters
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming …
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
In the lush, uninhibited atmosphere of Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson is languishing with the disease that will soon kill him; when a chance encounter with the mysterious Scottish …