Alberto Manguel
Internationally acclaimed as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor, Alberto Manguel is the bestselling author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. He was born in Buenos Aires, moved to Canada in 1982 and now lives in France, where he was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
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The Library at Night
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections; History - Civilization; Social Science - Anth/Cultural
978-0-676-97589-5 (0-676-97589-5)
October 9, 2007 | $22.95
"The starting point is a question," Alberto Manguel writes in the introduction to The Library at Night: since few can doubt that the universe is ultimately meaningless and purposeless, why do we try to give it order? After all, our efforts are surely doomed to failure.
It’s hard to think of a...
Written by Alberto Manguel
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections; History - Civilization; Social Science - Anth/Cultural
978-0-676-97589-5 (0-676-97589-5)
October 9, 2007 | $22.95
"The starting point is a question," Alberto Manguel writes in the introduction to The Library at Night: since few can doubt that the universe is ultimately meaningless and purposeless, why do we try to give it order? After all, our efforts are surely doomed to failure.
It’s hard to think of a...
A Reading Diary
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading
978-0-676-97591-8 (0-676-97591-7)
September 20, 2005 | $19.95
The must-have literary book of the season! Over the course of a year, the bestselling author of A History of Reading spends a month with each of his 12 favourite books, allowing us to observe both the heart of the reading experience and how life around us can be illuminated by...
Written by Alberto Manguel
Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading
978-0-676-97591-8 (0-676-97591-7)
September 20, 2005 | $19.95
The must-have literary book of the season! Over the course of a year, the bestselling author of A History of Reading spends a month with each of his 12 favourite books, allowing us to observe both the heart of the reading experience and how life around us can be illuminated by...
Reading Pictures
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays
978-0-676-97435-5 (0-676-97435-X)
October 15, 2002 | $24.95
This profoundly illuminating, entertaining book could well change the way we "read" the visual world around us, and certainly help open our eyes and minds to its astonishing riches. The language in which we speak about art has become steadily more abstruse, a jargon that only art critics and con-artists can...
Written by Alberto Manguel
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays
978-0-676-97435-5 (0-676-97435-X)
October 15, 2002 | $24.95
This profoundly illuminating, entertaining book could well change the way we "read" the visual world around us, and certainly help open our eyes and minds to its astonishing riches. The language in which we speak about art has become steadily more abstruse, a jargon that only art critics and con-artists can...
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
Trade Paperback | 786 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Fantasy
978-0-676-97320-4 (0-676-97320-5)
January 15, 2002 | $35.00
Throughout the ages, writers have created an astonishing diversity of imaginary places, worlds of enchantment, horror and delight. This monumental book unites them in a single volume and takes readers on a grand tour of more than 1,200 imaginary cities, islands, countries, and continents, all invented by storytellers from Homer’s day...
Written by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi
Trade Paperback | 786 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Fantasy
978-0-676-97320-4 (0-676-97320-5)
January 15, 2002 | $35.00
Throughout the ages, writers have created an astonishing diversity of imaginary places, worlds of enchantment, horror and delight. This monumental book unites them in a single volume and takes readers on a grand tour of more than 1,200 imaginary cities, islands, countries, and continents, all invented by storytellers from Homer’s day...
Into The Looking-Glass Wood
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading
978-0-676-97242-9 (0-676-97242-X)
September 7, 1999 | $19.95
By the award-winning author of A History of Reading
"For me, words on a page give the world coherence--Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be--I believe there is an ethic of reading--a commitment that is both political and private in the act of turning the pages...
Written by Alberto Manguel
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections - Books & Reading
978-0-676-97242-9 (0-676-97242-X)
September 7, 1999 | $19.95
By the award-winning author of A History of Reading
"For me, words on a page give the world coherence--Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be--I believe there is an ethic of reading--a commitment that is both political and private in the act of turning the pages...
A History Of Reading
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections
978-0-676-97022-7 (0-676-97022-2)
October 27, 1998 | $24.00
Written by Alberto Manguel
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Literary Criticism & Collections
978-0-676-97022-7 (0-676-97022-2)
October 27, 1998 | $24.00
Bulfinch's Mythology
Trade Paperback | 888 pages | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-75147-9 (0-375-75147-5)
August 11, 1998 | $24.95
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
The stories are divided into three sections: The Age...
Trade Paperback | 888 pages | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-75147-9 (0-375-75147-5)
August 11, 1998 | $24.95
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
The stories are divided into three sections: The Age...
Meanwhile In Another Part Of The Forest
Trade Paperback | 704 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28012-7 (0-394-28012-1)
May 27, 1994 | $23.00
Written by Alberto Manguel
Trade Paperback | 704 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-394-28012-7 (0-394-28012-1)
May 27, 1994 | $23.00
