Packing My Library : An Elegy and Ten Digressions (Paperback)

from JBD1

A typically Manguelian ramble through thoughts on libraries and books and their meanings to each of us. Nice for a quiet Sunday afternoon's read.

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A short book of enjoyable literary digressions around Manguel's thoughts on moving from France, where he had lived and built up a 35,000 volume personal library over about fifteen years. The book includes short segments of memoir, much literary history of books and libraries, and an attempt at an...

from dono421846

Although this newest book by Manguel lacks some of the originality and sparkle of his earlier works, it serves as a reminder of the depth of erudition he controls. The framing device for the short work is the need to pack his home in France (for reasons he refuses to discuss, which I found oddly ...

from bell7

In a series interconnected essays and ten digressions, reader and writer Alberto Manguel ruminates on books and reading when he packed up a 16,000 volume library in France and moved, putting them in storage. Manguel and I have almost nothing in common on the service - he is of a different genera...

from Charles_Rayburn

An astounding work by a writer and reader who I personally disagree with on many social issues, yet have great respect for nonetheless. A thought provoking tome that makes us question our own libraries, how they got there, their own histories, and their future. Not only this, but also that of the...