Reading diaries

Albert Manguel was shocked, while reading the novel "Selective Attractions" by Goethe, during his travel in Calgary, by how much this novel reflected the social chaos of the world he was living in. A passage in the novel could unexpectedly brighten an article in a daily newspaper, and a single word could provoke long thinking. He decided to keep a record of these moments, to reread a book every month, and to shape "reading diaries": a book of notes, impressions about travel, friends, public and private events, all derived through his readings. From "Don Quixote" to "The Island of Doctor Moreau" to "Kim," Manguel leads us on a captivating adventure in literature and life, and demonstrates how they, in every sense of the word, are inseparable for an enthusiastic reader.