Anecdotal and thrilling, and drawing on sources as wide-ranging as his childhood bookshelves and the “complete” libraries of the Internet, The Library at Night reaches from Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. Inspired by the process of designing, constructing and organizing a library at his home in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, set out to show how libraries embody the memories of individuals and whole cultures. In the tradition of A History of Reading, The Library at Night is the captivating, wide-ranging story of the critical role that libraries have played in our civilization.
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