Name: North America and Spain: Transversal Perspectives - Norteamérica y España: perspectivas transversales
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Author: Alberto Manguel
ISBN: 9781940075488

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North America and Spain: Transversal Perspectives - Norteamérica y España: perspectivas transversales

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Language

English

Pages

372

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN13

9781940075488

Synopsis "North America and Spain: Transversal Perspectives - Norteamérica y España: perspectivas transversales"

This collection of essays by reputed scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explores the continuous relationships between Spain and North America across geographic regions, historic periods, and a variety of topics. Esta colección de ensayos escritos por prestigiosos investigadores a ambos lados del Atlántico explora las continuas relaciones entre España y Norteamérica a través de regiones geográficas, periodos históricos y una amplia variedad de temas. Contributors: Alberto Manguel, Víctor Aertsen, Roberto Carlos Álvarez-Delgado, María Luisa Candau, Alberto Carrillo Linares, Beatriz Cordero Martín, Cristina Crespo, Carmen De La Guardia Herrero, José Manuel Estévez-Saá, Pelayo Fernández García, José Santiago Fernández-Vázquez, Agustín Gámir, Juan Ignacio Guijarro González, Miguel Ángel Hernández Fuentes, Carlos Herrero, Montserrat Huguet, Manuel José De Lara Ródenas, María Losada-Friend, Susana Maiztegui, Carlos Manuel, Rosario Márquez Macías, María Antonia Peña Guerrero, Gema Pérez Herrera, Helene Remiszewska, Francisco J. Rodríguez, José Ramón Rodríguez Lago, Elena Sánchez De Madariaga, Hamilton M. Stapell, Susana Sueiro Seoane, Nieves Verdugo-Álvez, Miguel Ángel Villacorta Hernández.

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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