by Alberto Manguel · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788413627465
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Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of reading with this essay by Alberto Manguel. Through a mix of psychology, history, and anecdotes, the author guides us through a 6,000-year journey of the written word. Discover readers and experiences from all times, from Saint Ambrose to Borges, in this whimsical and exciting labyrinth.
Alberto Manguel is an Argentine-Canadian anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, editor, and a former director of the National Library of Argentina. He is a cosmopolitan and polyglot scholar, speaking English, Spanish, German, and French fluently, and also Italian and Portuguese at a very advanced level. He left Argentina at the age of twenty, in 1968. He has lived in Israel, Argentina, France, United Kingdom, Italy, French Polynesia, Canada, United States and Portugal. Since 2021 he has directed an international center for reading studies in Lisbon, baptized in 2023 as Espaço Atlântida; In the biography of the center's website you can read: "He became a Canadian citizen and continues to identify his nationality as first and foremost Canadian."
