The Library At Night
Author(s): Alberto Manguel
Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google.
Product Information
Alberto Manguel is an internationally acclaimed anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor, and the author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. A native of Buenos Aires, he lives in France.
General Fields
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- : Yale University Press
- : Yale University Press
- : 0.476
- : 31 December 2005
- : 229mm X 140mm X 28mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Alberto Manguel
- : Paperback
- : 384
- : 76 black-&-white illustrations