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Alberto Manguel

A Canadian Argentine-born writer, translator, and editor.

The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Reviewed by Peter Ackroyd, The Times May 8, 2008

There is an old superstition that books, alone in the night and the silence,
whisper one to another; the library then becomes an echo chamber of words
and syllables, conjuring up the great general drama of the human spirit.
Libraries are legendary places. Libraries enter myth as well as history. Lost
libraries, like that of Alexandria, are a reminder of the transience of human
achievement and of human learning. “No place,” Samuel Jonson said,
“affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a
public library.”

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Argentine-Canadian writer

Born 1948

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  • Cover of: Guia de Lugares Imaginarios

    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Historia de la odisea y la iliada

    First published in 2010 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: In Another Part Of The Forest:: An Anthology of Gay Short Fiction

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Journal parisien (1797-1799)

    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La biblioteca de noche / The Library at Night

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La Novia de Frank-Enstein/ Bride of Frankenstein

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Leer Imagenes: Una Historia Privada Del Arte (Libros Singulares (Ls))

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2004 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Leyendo Imagenes

    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Life of Numbers

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Magic Land of Toys

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  • Cover of: Mothers and Daughters: An Anthology

    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nelida Pinon

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nuevo Elogio de La Locura

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Oxford Book of Canadian Ghost Stories

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A room full of toys: the magical characters of childhood
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  • Cover of: Soho Square Three (Soho Square)

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Argentine-Canadian writer

Born 1948

Subjects

Books and reading, Fiction, History, Short stories, Libraries, Literature, Literature and society, Erotic stories, Fiction, general, History and criticism, Criticism, Homer, Livres et lecture, Authors, Criticism and interpretation, Art appreciation, Death, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Essays, Fantasy fiction, Histoire, Homosexuality, Investigative reporting, Latin American fiction, Lezen

Places

Argentina, Canada, France, Algeria, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Italy, Justice of the Peace Court, Latin America, Madrid, Paris, Samoa, Samoan Islands, Tibehirine

People

Alberto Manguel, Homer, Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Abner Snopes, Achilles, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), Gaston-Louis Vuitton (1883-1970), Helen of Troy, Jorge Luis Borges, Jorge Luis Borges (1899-), Lennie Snopes, Lizzie, Major de Spain, Michaelangelo, Mr. Harris, Penelope, Rodolfo J. Walsh, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Sartoris Snopes, Ulysses

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1993-

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Alternative names

  • MANGUEL,ALBERTO
  • manguel-alberto
  • Alberto (editor) Manguel

History

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April 24, 2025 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import