A reading diary / Alberto Manguel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manguel, Alberto.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manguel, Alberto--Diaries.

Manguel, Alberto.

Manguel, Alberto--Books and reading.

Books and reading.

Genre:

Diaries.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

ix, 205 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Picador edition.

Other Title:

Reading diary, a passionate reader's reflections on a year of books

Place of Publication:

New York : Picador, 2005.

Summary:

While traveling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading (Goethe's Elective Affinities) seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel a long reflection would be prompted by a single word. He decided to keep a record of these moments, rereading a book a month, and forming A Reading Diary: a volume of notes, reflections, impressions of travel, of friends, of events public and private, all ellicited by his reading. From Don Quixote (August) to The Island of Dr. Moreau (February) to Kim (April), Manguel leads us on an enthralling adventure in literature and life, and demonstrates how, for the passionate reader, one is utterly inextricable from the other.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0312424450

9780312424459

OCLC:

63203963