The book begins with the design and construction of Alberto Manguel's own library at his house in western France -- a process that raises puzzling questions about his past and his reading habits,...
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Author: Manguel, AlbertoSummary:Genre: History and geography, Literary arts -
Author: Manguel, AlbertoSummary:In 1943, Northrop Frye wrote a paper, left unfinished, on "the state of the world." His ideas of what to expect after the end of the war and the role that literature might play in a time of peace...
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Author: Manguel, AlbertoSummary:In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. The...
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Author: Manguel, AlbertoSummary:Tracing twenty-five centuries of human history, from the fourth century BC to the present day, Manguel dedicates each of his chapters to a single character- ranging from our best-known thinkers,...
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Author: Manguel, AlbertoSummary:No one knows if there was a man named Homer, but there is little doubt that the epic poems assembled under his name form the cornerstone of Western literature. The Iliad and the Odyssey-with their...
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Author: Manguel, AlbertoSummary:
Du Petit Chaperon rouge à Dracula, en passant par Alice, Faust, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoé, Superman, Sindbad le marin, ou encore Frankenstein, l'un des plus éminents bibliophiles nous invite à...