A Reading Diary

Alberto Manguel

NON FICTION. ALIANZA LITERARIA, 2004. 314 PAGES.

While traveling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was stuck by how the novel he was reading (Goethe's Elective Affinities) seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world in which he was living. An article in the daily paper would suddenly be 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 each month, and forming A Reading Diary: a volume of notes, reflections, impressions of travel, of friends, of events public and private, all elicited 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 litereture and life, and demonstrates how, for the passionate reader, one is utterly inextricable from the other. 

PUBLISHED BY: Spanish ALIANZA / NORMA | Arabic DAR AL SAQI | Brazil COMPANHIA DAS LETRAS | English PICADOR | Germany FISCHER | France ACTES SUD | Italy ARCHINTO | Portugal ASA / TINTA-DA-CHINA | Romania BAROQUE | The Netherlands AMBO ANTHOS | Turkey YAPI KREDI

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