A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel

A Reader on Reading

Alberto Manguel

320 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called “the Casanova of reading,” argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. “We come into the world intent on finding narrative...

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Moods

reflective 100%
informative 66%
inspiring 66%
challenging 33%
hopeful 33%

Pace

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medium 50%

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