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portada Una Historia de la Lectura (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2014
Language
Spanish
Pages
373
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9789876293716
Edited in
Argentina
Edition No.
3
Categories

Una Historia de la Lectura (in Spanish)

Alberto Manguel (Author) · Siglo Xxi Argentina · Paperback

Una Historia de la Lectura (in Spanish) - Alberto Manguel

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Synopsis "Una Historia de la Lectura (in Spanish)"

Una historia de la lectura recorre seis mil años de palabra escrita, desde las tablillas de arcilla del cuarto milenio a. C. hasta los libros impresos y los formatos digitales. En esta guía exquisita, Manguel retrata a lectores de todos los tipos y todos los tiempos (como Aristóteles o Borges, Virgilio o Dickens), sus hábitos y gustos, y nos conduce por las librerías del mundo, las cualidades de cada edición, las bibliotecas célebres y las desconocidas. Así, Manguel demuestra que el deseo de leer puede ser felizmente analizado. Sin duda, una obra clásica y fascinante para curiosos y amantes de los libros.
 
“Manguel fue un lector precoz e infatigable. “La verdad –escribe– es que no puedo recordar un tiempo en que no viviera rodeado por mi biblioteca. Cuanto tenía 7 u 8 años, mi cuarto parecía una Alejandría en miniatura”. Hay quienes aman el conocimiento, y hay quienes aman la lectura. Manguel está entre los últimos. No se trata, en su caso, de ignorancia, sino de un saber que tiene la impronta alusiva y elusiva que comúnmente se asocia con la lectura. No traza teorías generales ni afirmaciones definitivas. Su método se nutre de la asociación y el hallazgo casual. Él mismo es un “erudito casual” en la tradición de Robert Burton o de Thomas Browne; un cazador de tesoros recónditos.” 
Peter Ackroyd
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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Sergio Aravena Sunday, April 11, 2021
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Un libro maravilloso que te transporta a lo largo de la historia de la palabra escrita. Muchas gracias por haber hecho realidad de poder adquirirlo. Felicitaciones

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 Gabriel Enrique Morales Vasquez Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Enriquecedor.

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 Anonymous User Monday, March 30, 2026
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Excelente libro. Bien informado y bien escrito.

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