LEADER 03775nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910823347203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08947-1 010 $a9786612089473 010 $a0-300-14521-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300145212 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764861 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049964 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191909 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191909 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10187161 035 $a(PQKB)10011206 035 $a(DE-B1597)484976 035 $a(OCoLC)402912357 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300145212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420597 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764861 100 $a20061201d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe library at night /$fAlberto Manguel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aToronto $cKnopf Canada$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-13914-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 329-356) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tThe Library as Myth -- $tThe Library as Order -- $tThe Library as Space -- $tThe Library as Power -- $tThe Library as Shadow -- $tThe Library as Shape -- $tThe Library as Chance -- $tThe Library as Workshop -- $tThe Library as Mind -- $tThe Library as Island -- $tThe Library as Survival -- $tThe Library as Oblivion -- $tThe Library as Imagination -- $tThe Library as Identity -- $tThe Library as Home -- $tConclusion -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tImage Credits -- $tIndex -- $tAlberto Manguel's Non-Canonical List of Favorite Books 330 $aInspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. "Libraries," he says, "have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I've been seduced by their labyrinthine logic." In this personal, deliberately unsystematic, and wide-ranging book, he offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. Manguel, a guide of irrepressible enthusiasm, conducts a unique library tour that extends from his childhood bookshelves to the "complete" libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. He ponders the doomed library of Alexandria as well as the personal libraries of Charles Dickens, Jorge Luis Borges, and others. He recounts stories of people who have struggled against tyranny to preserve freedom of thought-the Polish librarian who smuggled books to safety as the Nazis began their destruction of Jewish libraries; the Afghani bookseller who kept his store open through decades of unrest. Oral "memory libraries" kept alive by prisoners, libraries of banned books, the imaginary library of Count Dracula, the library of books never written-Manguel illuminates the mysteries of libraries as no other writer could. With scores of wonderful images throughout, The Library at Night is a fascinating voyage through Manguel's mind, memory, and vast knowledge of books and civilizations. 606 $aLibraries 606 $aLibraries$xHistory 606 $aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aLibraries. 615 0$aLibraries$xHistory. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory. 676 $a027 700 $aManguel$b Alberto$0439280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823347203321 996 $aThe Library at Night$93955538 997 $aUNINA