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Author(s): Alberto Manguel
ISBN(s): 9780300151305, 0300151306
Edition: Kindle
File Details: PDF, 2.32 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0300151306
ISBN 13: 9780300151305
Author: Alberto Manguel

Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. “Libraries,” he says, “have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I’ve been seduced by their labyrinthine logic.” In this personal, deliberately unsystematic, and wide-ranging book, he offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries.

Manguel, a guide of irrepressible enthusiasm, conducts a unique library tour that extends from his childhood bookshelves to the “complete” libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. He ponders the doomed library of Alexandria as well as the personal libraries of Charles Dickens, Jorge Luis Borges, and others. He recounts stories of people who have struggled against tyranny to preserve freedom of thought—the Polish librarian who smuggled books to safety as the Nazis began their destruction of Jewish libraries; the Afghani bookseller who kept his store open through decades of unrest. Oral “memory libraries” kept alive by prisoners, libraries of banned books, the imaginary library of Count Dracula, the library of books never written—Manguel illuminates the mysteries of libraries as no other writer could. With scores of wonderful images throughout, The Library at Night is a fascinating voyage through Manguel’s mind, memory, and vast knowledge of books and civilizations.

The Library at Night 1st Table of contents:

  • The Library as Myth
    Explores the symbolic and legendary aspects of libraries, including the myth of the Library of Alexandria.

  • The Library as Order
    Discusses classification systems and the organization of knowledge within libraries.

  • The Library as Space
    Considers the physical layout and architecture of libraries and their impact on the reading experience.

  • The Library as Power
    Examines how control over libraries and their contents can influence societies and histories.

  • The Library as Shadow
    Looks at censorship, the suppression of knowledge, and the absence of certain books or ideas.

  • The Library as Shape
    Investigates the architectural forms of libraries and how their design reflects their purpose.

  • The Library as Chance
    Reflects on the serendipitous encounters with books and the unexpected discoveries they bring.

  • The Library as Workshop
    Considers libraries as places of creation, where reading and writing intersect.

  • The Library as Mind
    Explores the idea of the library as a repository of collective memory and consciousness.

  • The Library as Island
    Looks at libraries as sanctuaries or refuges from the outside world.

  • The Library as Survival
    Discusses how libraries have preserved knowledge through times of turmoil and destruction.

  • The Library as Oblivion
    Examines the concept of forgotten books and the inevitable loss of information over time.

  • The Library as Imagination
    Reflects on the role of libraries in fostering creativity and the imagination.

  • The Library as Identity
    Considers how personal and collective identities are shaped by the books we read and the libraries we cherish.

  • The Library as Home
    Concludes with the idea of the library as a personal and communal space of belonging.

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