Packing My Library: An Elegy And Ten Digressions Alberto Manguel Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Biographies True Stories

A Best-Selling Author And World-Renowned Bibliophile Meditates On His Vast Personal Library Champions The Vital Role Of All Libraries “The Brings Fresh Hopefulness To Enterprise Books Reading Vintage Manguel—A Pleasure For Many Readers Admirers ”—Kirkus Reviews In June 2015 Alberto Manguel Prepared Leave Centuries-Old Village Home France’s Loire Valley Reestablish Himself One-Bedroom Apartment Manhattan’s Upper West Side Packing Up Enormous 35 000‑Volume Choosing Which Keep Store Or Cast Out Found Deep Reverie Nature Relationships Between Collectors Order Disorder Memory This Poignant Reevaluation Life As Reader Illuminates Highly Art Affirms Public Manguel’s Musings Range Widely From Delightful Reflections Idiosyncrasies Book Lovers Deeper Analyses Historic Catastrophic Events Including Burning Ancient Alexandria’s Contemporary Lootings At Hands Isis With Insight Passion Underscores Universal Centrality Their Unique Importance Democratic Civilized Engaged Society Σελίδες: 160 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0611 Διαστάσεις: 12 7X12 7Cm