Name: Lecturas Sobre la Lectura (in Spanish)
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Author: Alberto Manguel

portada Lecturas Sobre la Lectura (in Spanish)

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Physical Book

Author

Alberto Manguel

Publisher

Océano Travesía

Synopsis "Lecturas Sobre la Lectura (in Spanish)"

ALBERTO MANGUEL, LLAMADO EL CASANOVA DE LA LECTURA POR GEORGE STEINER, ARGUMENTA QUE LA LECTURA, EN SU MÁS AMPLIO SENTIDO, DEFINE A NUESTRA ESPECIE. VENIMOS AL MUNDO EN BÚSQUEDA DE NARRATIVA EN TODO LO QUE NOS RODEA, ESCRIBE MANGUEL, EL PAISAJE, EL CIELO, LOS ROSTROS DE LOS DEMÁS, LAS IMÁGENES Y PALABRAS QUE CREAN NUESTRA ESPECIE. LEYENDO NUESTRAS PROPIAS VIDAS Y LAS DE LOS DEMÁS, LEYENDO LAS SOCIEDADES EN QUE VIVIMOS Y LAS QUE ESTÁN MÁS ALLÁ DE NUESTRAS FRONTERAS, LEYENDO LOS MUNDOS QUE SE ENCUENTRAN ENTRE LAS TAPAS DE UN LIBRO. ESA ES LA ESENCIA DE SU OBRA. LOS TREINTA Y NUEVE ENSAYOS DE ESTE VOLUMEN EXPLORAN EL ARTE DE LA LECTURA Y LA ESCRITURA, LA IDENTIDAD QUE NOS CONCEDE LA LITERATURA, LOS VÍNCULOS ENTRE LA POLÍTICA Y LOS LIBROS, Y ENTRE LOS LIBROS Y NUESTROS CUERPOS. PARA MANGUEL Y SUS LECTORES LAS PALABRAS DAN COHERENCIA AL MUNDO Y NOS OFRECEN UN LUGAR SEGURO, TAN REAL COMO EL PAPEL Y TAN VIGORIZANTE COMO LA TINTA, QUE NOS CONCEDEN ALOJAMIENTO Y COMIDA EN NUESTRO VIAJE.

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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