by Alberto Manguel · LUMEN · tapa dura · ISBN 9788426415257
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In 'A History of Reading', Alberto Manguel invites us on a fascinating journey through the evolution of reading throughout history. From the earliest pictograms to electronic books, the author explores how humanity has interacted with the written word, transforming not only the way we access knowledge but also our own perception of the world. This erudite and accessible essay is a celebration of the act of reading and its profound impact on culture and society.
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."
