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portada El Viajero, la Torre y la Larva (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Category
Comunicación
Year
2014
Language
Spanish
Pages
136
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9789877190755
Edited in
Argentina
Edition No.
1a

El Viajero, la Torre y la Larva (in Spanish)

Alberto Manguel (Author) · Fondo De Cultura Economica · Paperback

El Viajero, la Torre y la Larva (in Spanish) - Alberto Manguel

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Synopsis "El Viajero, la Torre y la Larva (in Spanish)"

Leer es un misterio. Con la mirada captamos las letras que poco a poco, vaya usted a saber gracias a qué alquimia, se ensamblan en algún lugar de la mente y nos permiten viajar por todos los rincones del planeta, aislarnos del fragor cotidiano o alimentar el espíritu. Esas actividades le sirven a Alberto Manguel para identificar tres imágenes con las que podríamos aspirar a comprender el luminoso enigma de la lectura. Convencido de que toda metáfora es una confesión de la incapacidad del lenguaje para permitirnos la comunicación directa, el autor de La biblioteca de noche plantea en esta obra que el lector puede ser entendido corno un viajero que se desplaza por las páginas del universo, como un erudito guarecido en su torre de marfil o como una larva glotona que engulle libro tras libro, sin digerir nada. Esas lúcidas intuiciones, fortalecidas con referencias literarias y pictóricas -de las Confesiones de Agustín de Hipona al embriagador periplo de Dante, de ciertos grabados medievales en que se caricaturiza al lector a los detallistas cuadros del Bosco, de don Quijote a la desopilante mancuerna que forman Bouvard y Pécuchet-, son el punto de partida de estos ensayos sobre. las virtudes y los peligros de leer, escritos con el sutil humor y el vasto acervo libresco de alguien que sabe que "somos criaturas lectoras". 
Alberto Manguel
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Alberto Manguel is a writer, editor, translator, and essayist of Argentine-Canadian descent, born in Buenos Aires on March 13, 1948. Internationally recognized for his profound reflection on reading, books, and libraries, Manguel has dedicated much of his work to exploring the connection between human beings and the written word.

During his youth, he briefly worked as a reader for Jorge Luis Borges, an experience that deeply marked his life and his view of the act of reading. In the 1980s, he moved to Canada, where he became a citizen and developed much of his career as an author. He also lived in other countries, such as France and Germany, and has worked in various roles related to the publishing, academic, and library worlds.

Among his most famous books are A History of Reading (1996), The Library at Night (2006), and The Traveler with the Light Luggage (2011). His work blends personal memory, cultural history, and literary criticism, with a scholarly yet accessible style.

He was the director of the National Library of Argentina from 2016 to 2018. Considered a great contemporary humanist, Manguel continues to be an influential figure in thinking about written culture and reading as a form of knowledge and freedom.
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Anonymous User Monday, June 03, 2019
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Excelente servicio, muy puntuales, el libro es excelente,gr

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Hermoso libro.

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