Alberto Manguel: 24 books

Alberto Manguel, der vielleicht größte Leser unserer Zeit, erzählt in zehn unterhaltsamen und ebenso gelehrten Abschweifungen von der wunderbaren Komplizenschaft zwischen Leser und Buch und von seinen ganz persönlichen Leseeindrücken. Ein Leben lang waren ihm seine Bücher Inspiration und Freunde....

In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called “the Casanova of reading,” argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. “We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything,” writes Manguel, “landscape,...

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 end of ethnic nationalism -- building societies around sets of common values -- seems like a good idea....

Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. “Libraries,” he says, “have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as...

Eine Abenteuerreise durch die Menschheitsgeschichte der Neugierde - mit Alberto ManguelDer Bestsellerautor Alberto Manguel ist der Leser unserer Zeit, ein Gelehrter und Geschichtenerzähler. Was ihn antreibt ist die Neugierde, die seit jeher Quell des Fortschritts, der Kunst und des Scheiterns ist....

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...

Cuando a comienzos de este siglo Alberto Manguel instaló su biblioteca en un viejo presbiterio del Valle del Loira, sintió finalmente que, al igual que sus libros, había hallado su lugar en el mundo. Pero la vida le desdijo y su biblioteca está ahora guardada en cajas en un depósito en Canadá....

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 became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist and editor Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore...

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 be travelers, advancing through its pages like pilgrims heading toward enlightenment. We may be recluses, withdrawing...

"Tanto quanto se pode dizer, os seres humanos são a única espécie para a qual o mundo parece composto de histórias", escreve Alberto Manguel. Lemos o livro do mundo de muitas formas: podemos ser viajantes, avançando através de suas páginas como peregrinos que se dirigem para a iluminação....

Alberto Manguel, Premio Formentor de las Letras 2017, disecciona la Ilíada y la Odisea de Homero para demostrarnos cuán importantes han sido en la construcción de la cultura occidental. A pesar de contar con varias biografías y que unas cuantas ciudades se disputen su nacimiento, no hay...

Define Adası'nın ve Dr. Jekyll ve Mr. Hyde'ın yazarı Robert Louis Stevenson, kırk dört yıllık ömrünün son beş yılını Güney Denizlerindeki Batı Samoa Adaları'nda geçirdi. Orda ona Tusitala dediler; "Hikayeci".Okumanın Tarihi (YKY, 2001) ve Borges'in Evinde (YKY, 2002) ile tanıdığımız...

In this gorgeously imagined novel, a journalist interviews those who knew—or thought they knew—Alejandro Bevilacqua, a brilliant, infuriatingly elusive South American writer and author of the masterpiece, In Praise of Lying. But the accounts of those in his circle of friends, lovers, and enemies...

‘Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence’ Brian Eno How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can't trust the media any longer, but there's no need to fret: Don't Panic, I'm Islamic provides you with the answers. Read...