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Alberto Manguel, born in 1948, is a renowned writer from Argentina. His works span various literary forms, including novels, essays, and translations, and are known for their unique style and profound insights into human culture.

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“We read to understand our intuition of the world, to discover that someone a thousand miles and years away has put into words our most intimate desires and our most secret fears. Reading is a collaborative act.”

Reading Literature Books Words

Author:Alberto Manguel

“We can imagine the books we'd like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagine libraries full of books we would like to possess, even if they are well beyond our reach, because we enjoy dreaming up a library that reflects every one of our interests and every one of our foibles--a library that, in its variety and complexity, fully reflects the reader we are.”

Reading Literature Dreams Books Reader Library

Author:Alberto Manguel

“Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary.”

Doe Reality Literature Deals Contrary Guise Generalities Specifics

Book:A Reader on Reading

Source: A Reader on Reading

“When literature is discovered, a revelation occurs: the joyful, exultant knowledge that anything can happen.”

Happens Literature Revelations Joyful Anything Can Happen

Book:Black water: the book of fantastic literature

Source: Black water: the book of fantastic literature

“We seem to live a culture that doesn't want blemishes. The vision of most beautiful models... airbrushed in order to be seen as perfect, infects our notion of how literature should be written.”

Want Should Seems Beautiful Order Culture Literature Perfect Vision Written Models Notion

Author:Alberto Manguel

About the Author

Born: 1948
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 140

Books & Sources

The Library at NightRelated source material

A History of ReadingRelated source material

La cité des mots: CBC Massey LecturesRelated source material

A Reading DiaryRelated source material

A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of BooksRelated source material

Maimonides: Faith in ReasonRelated source material

Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten DigressionsRelated source material

A Reader on ReadingRelated source material

A biblioteca à noiteRelated source material

Black water: the book of fantastic literatureRelated source material

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