At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning, and at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist and editor...

Ist friedliche Koexistenz in unserer Zeit nichts als eine Utopie? Alberto Manguel öffnet uns in einer packenden Sprache die Augen, indem er in Gefilde führt, die von Politikern und Soziologen unberührt bleiben: Es sind Worte und...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Moving from the Loire Valley to a small New York apartment forced Alberto Manguel to whittle down his 35,000-piece personal library, catalysing serious consideration of reading, memory and the shifting...

An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide readers' lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles von Manguel, Alberto

Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends von Manguel, Alberto