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portada Breve Guia de Lugares Imaginarios (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Category
Política y Ciencias Sociales
Year
2004
Language
Spanish
Pages
704
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23x15 cm
ISBN
8420644307
ISBN13
9788420644301
Edited in
España

Breve Guia de Lugares Imaginarios (in Spanish)

Alberto Manguel (Author) · Alianza Editorial · Paperback

Breve Guia de Lugares Imaginarios (in Spanish) - Alberto Manguel

Política y ciencias sociales

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Synopsis "Breve Guia de Lugares Imaginarios (in Spanish)"

Edición abreviadaSi en la Antigüedad parecía que más allá de las columnas de Hércules se extendía un universo en el que todo era posible, hoy, en una época en que hasta la última "terra incognita" ha desaparecido de nuestros mapas, aquellos maravillosos terrenos baldíos en que la fantasía podía erigir sus edificios ya no existen. Sólo la imaginación de los hombres sigue creando, como ha hecho durante siglos, sitios que no caben en este mundo. Impulsados por la añoranza de loSi en la Antigüedad parecía que más allá de las columnas de Hércules se extendía un universo en el que todo era posible, hoy, en una época en que hasta la última "terra incognita" ha desaparecido de nuestros mapas, aquellos maravillosos terrenos baldíos en que la fantasía podía erigir sus edificios ya no existen. Sólo la imaginación de los hombres sigue creando, como ha hecho durante siglos, lugares que no caben en este mundo. Impulsados por la añoranza de lo desconocido, Alberto Manguel y Gianni Guadalupi han reunido en esta BREVE GUÍA DE LUGARES IMAGINARIOS -que compendia la edición publicada en formato mayor en esta misma editorial-, ordenadas alfabéticamente, las más destacadas creaciones a las que, a lo largo de la historia, ha dado vida la fantasía, desde Homero hasta Michael Crichton o J. K. Rowling, pasando por las obras del ciclo artúrico, "Las mil y una noches" o los relatos de Verne, Tolkien, Borges, Calvino, Chatwin o Rushdie. La presente guía, que incluye alrededor de un centenar de mapas, planos e ilustraciones, invita al lector a internarse en el sugestivo territorio de la literatura fantástica y puede servir, asimismo, como libro de referencia, al estar completado por un índice de autores que da cuenta de las obras recogidas y las entradas relacionadas con cada una de ellas.
Alberto Manguel
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Alberto Manguel is a writer, editor, translator, and essayist of Argentine-Canadian descent, born in Buenos Aires on March 13, 1948. Internationally recognized for his profound reflection on reading, books, and libraries, Manguel has dedicated much of his work to exploring the connection between human beings and the written word.

During his youth, he briefly worked as a reader for Jorge Luis Borges, an experience that deeply marked his life and his view of the act of reading. In the 1980s, he moved to Canada, where he became a citizen and developed much of his career as an author. He also lived in other countries, such as France and Germany, and has worked in various roles related to the publishing, academic, and library worlds.

Among his most famous books are A History of Reading (1996), The Library at Night (2006), and The Traveler with the Light Luggage (2011). His work blends personal memory, cultural history, and literary criticism, with a scholarly yet accessible style.

He was the director of the National Library of Argentina from 2016 to 2018. Considered a great contemporary humanist, Manguel continues to be an influential figure in thinking about written culture and reading as a form of knowledge and freedom.
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