Packing My Library

An Elegy and Ten Digressions

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel, Yale University Press
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Author: Alberto Manguel ISBN: 9780300235494
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: March 20, 2018
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Alberto Manguel
ISBN: 9780300235494
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: March 20, 2018
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English

A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries

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.

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A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries

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.

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