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Books : The Library at Night

by: Alberto Manguel


Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 027 EAN: 9780300139143 ISBN: 0300139144 Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: April 29, 2008 Publisher: Yale University Press Sales Rank: 11384 Studio: Yale University Press	Average Rating: List Price: £18.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £18.04 You Save: £0.95 ( 5%) Prices subject to change.
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- Dull and Lacking in Charm
Having been spellbound by A History of Reading, his fascinating and wide-ranging account of how reading has been part of life through the ages, I was pleased to find another work by Manguel on the matter of books, in this case libraries. And it is again wide-ranging and well researched, touching on libraries and book collections and collectors from ancient times to the present day, from mediaeval storerooms to the donkey library service of Columbia, along with many descriptions of Manguel's own library ... Read More

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- The scream of a dying star
Alberto Manguel's The Library At Night is a curious confection: ostensibly a love letter to bookishness, it rejoices in collections of books and their owners through many prisms; how they're collected, how they can be arranged (as many different ways as you like), how they represent knowledge, time or space - even how the space they occupy can express the personality or idiosyncrasy of their collector.

It will instantly appeal to those, like me, who aspire to have their own "real" library ... Read More

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- Every possible thought about libraries
The Library At Night is perfect reading for those who enjoy "books about books", or books about the pleasure of reading. After his excellent A History of Reading, Alberto Manguel has now presented us with what is effectively a history of libraries in The Library At Night and the effect is equally as satisfying.

Perhaps "history" is not quite the right word, for in his 15 chapters, Manguel writes of not only the history of libraries, but also the impact and meaning of libraries through the ... Read More

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