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"Alberto Manguel is a kind of global Reader Laureate: he is reading's champion, its keenest student and most zealous proselytiser. . . if you value these particular pleasures already, you may find yourself the ideal reader for Alberto Manguel."-Daniel Hahn, Spectator "Packing My Library [alternates] intimate chapters that make up an `elegy' for his library with 10 masterly digressions on his life as a reader and lover of books. . . . Manguel's intellect and enthusiasm are on full display as he cites a dazzling number of books in many languages, dilating on an astounding number of topics."-Ernest Hilbert, Wall Street Journal "The enviably multilingual Alberto Manguel . . . reflects on his peripatetic life in Packing My Library, . . . an excellent [book] about books."-Michael Dirda, Washington Post BBC BOOK OF THE WEEK, SPRING 2018 "Slight but poignant. . . In its exploration of the symbiotic relationship between life and literature, the biblio-memoir would appear to be a rallying cry in the affirmative."-Lucy Scholes, Financial Times "One of the world's greatest readers, whose finest work has often been about the writing of others. . . has produced a book -a slim, fragmentary meditation on the power of reading and the importance of libraries."-Claire Armitstead, The Guardian "Books jump out of their jackets when Manguel opens them and dance in delight as they make contact with his ingenious, voluminous brain. He is not the keeper of a silent cemetery, but a master of bibliographical revels."-Peter Conrad, The Observer "The area which Alberto Manguel has mapped for himself is that of the eros of reading. . . . He is a Don Juan of libraries."-George Steiner, The Guardian "Manguel vaults over the traditional fences of genre, literary history, and discipline with breathtaking virtuosity. He is the Montaigne de nos jours and, as regards this latest effort, if they put another rover on Mars they should call it 'Manguel.'"-John Sutherland, University College London "Alberto Manguel is a wanderer among books, immensely curious in such an intriguing way that he lets his readers easily discover the fruits of his curiosity."-Roberto Calasso Alberto Manguel is a great reader. His entire oeuvre testifies to this. In Packing My Library, Manguel continues his celebration of the book as object, conduit, and talisman. This elegy for his library, including digressions on citizenship, dictionaries, god's speech, and creativity, shows a profound appreciation for the shibboleths and affinities of the bibliophile. A joyful testament!-Jeff Deutsch, Seminary Co-op
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A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries. In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000-volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading. In this poignant and personal reevaluation of his life as a reader, the author illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely, from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS. With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilized, and engaged society.
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- VerlagYale University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum2019
- ISBN 10 0300244525
- ISBN 13 9780300244526
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- SpracheEnglisch
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New Haven, Yale University Press, 2018. 146 S. 20 cm. OBrosch. Erste Ausgabe. - Alberto [Adrián] Manguel ist Schriftsteller, Übersetzer, Herausgeber u. Kritiker, würde sich aber eher als Leser und Bücherliebhaber bezeichnen. Von 2015 bis 2018 war er Direktor der Nationalbibliothek von Argentinien. 1948 in Buenos Aires geboren, lebte er in Israel, Argentinien, Europa, im Südpazifik, in Kanada u. den USA. Zu seinen früheren Büchern gehören The History of Reading, The Library at Night, A Reader on Reading u. Curiosity. Er lebt heute in Lissabon. - " In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000-volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading. In this poignant and personal reevaluation of his life as a reader, the author illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries." (Verlagstext). - Die deutsche Ausgabe erschien u.d. Titel "Die verborgene Bibliothek". - Neuwertiges Exemplar. Artikel-Nr. 91573
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