A reading diary
By: Alberto Manguel.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780374247423
Subjects: Manguel, Alberto -- Diaries; Manguel, Alberto -- Books and reading
Genres: Diaries.
Description: "While traveling in Canada, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading (Goethe's Elective Affinities) seemed to mirror the social chaos of the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long meditation would be prompted by a single word. He decided to keep a record of these moments, rereading a book a month and forming A Reading Diary: a volume of notes, reflections, and impressions of travel, of friends, of events public and private, all elicited by his reading." "From Don Quixote (August) to The Island of Dr. Moreau (February) to Kim (April), Manguel leads us on an enthralling adventure in literature and life, and demonstrates how, for the passionate reader, one is utterly inextricable from the other."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]).