Reading history - Alberto Manguel

"Reading is as necessary for life as breathing" Alberto Manguel traces the footprints of "written, read, and printed texts" across different historical eras: he searched for them in many libraries around the world, but he also searched for them within himself. He remembers the first word he read, talks about his great passion for reading since childhood, and narrates the story of his relationship with the great blind writer Jorge Luis Borges, who used to read to him in Buenos Aires. Then he moves to the beginnings of writing, the art of printing books, literature, the shape of the book, and the act and authority of reading. Manguel presents a select group of the world's greatest who wrote and loved reading. He tells us about the Persian prince who carried his library consisting of 117,000 books on a caravan of camels, classified alphabetically. He also recounts the story of the world's biggest book thief, Duke Libre, or the story of Cuban tobacco workers who loved listening to book readings, which led them to name their cigar types after novel heroes. This book is a story of great love; it is worth reading. Cover type: Regular paper Size: 24×17