The library at night
By: Alberto Manguel.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780300151305
Subjects: Libraries; Libraries -- History; Books and reading -- History
Notes: Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references  (p. 329-356) and index.

"Alberto Manguel's non-canonical list of favorite books": p. 375-381.
Table of contents: title: The library as myth; title: The library as order; title: The library as space; title: The library as power; title: The library as shadow; title: The library as shape; title: The library as chance; title: The library as workshop; title: The library as mind; title: The library as island; title: The library as survival; title: The library as oblivion; title: The library as imagination; title: The library as identity; title: The library as home.