Packing My Library, Alberto Manguel
Packing My Library, Alberto Manguel
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Packing My Library
An Elegy and Ten Digressions

Author: Alberto Manguel

Narrator: James Cameron Stewart

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/20/2018


Synopsis

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 on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000-volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading. In this poignant and personal reevaluation of his life as a reader, the author illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries.

Manguel's musings range widely, from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS. With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilized, and engaged society.

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Valeriu on August 12, 2024

O carte compusă doar din digresiuni și din digresiuni la digresiuni. N-am reușit să-i găsesc un fir călăuzitor. Rezultă, totuși, că Manguel era amărît cînd a scris-o. Discursul lui are, firește, un ton elegiac. Dar faptul că în 2014 a trebuit să-și mute biblioteca (de 40.000 de volume) din Franța în......more

Goodreads review by Saman on January 20, 2025

3.5 آلبرتو مانگال آرژانتینی که روزگاری در خدمت بورخس بوده و به علت ضعف بینایی بورخس، برای او کتاب می‌خوانده در این کتاب شرح عاشقانه ای از تجربیات خودش در حوزه کتاب و کتابداری و کتاب خوانی رو به مخاطب ارائه میده. او صاحب یک کتابخانه 35000 جلدی بوده و ضمن گفتن از زمانی که این کتابها رو جمع و بسته بندی......more