
My admiration for Manguel is no secret, so when I ordered a previously owned copy it was quite the surprise to receive a signed edition. #marchmadness #specialedition @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs
My admiration for Manguel is no secret, so when I ordered a previously owned copy it was quite the surprise to receive a signed edition. #marchmadness #specialedition @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs
This is an excellent set of lectures about intolerance in society written in 2007 which unfortunately is all too relevant today. He uses films and stories like The Epic of Gilgamesh to draw parallels between what‘s happening today and stories of the past. I read this awhile ago and have forgotten a lot of what I wanted to talk about, but especially loved ‘The Screen of Hal‘. Manguel is a always a Must Read from me. Five stars.
Fantastic essay about our identity as part of our society and the influence of the stories that we tell and that are told to us, throughout history. Gilgamesh, Ulysses, Alice in wonderland, Jekyll and Hyde..they are all there.
Fictions are our memory, libraries are the places where we store those memories, and reading is the craft through which we can recreate it -reciting it, glossing it and translating it to our own experience- which allows us to build on top of what previous generations considered worthy of preserving