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Fabulous Monsters

Fabulous Monsters: Count Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends | Alberto Manguel

5 posts | 3 read | 4 to read

An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet's mother, and Dr. Frankenstein's maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel's own "doodles" complete this delightful and magical book.

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Fabulous Monsters: Count Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends | Alberto Manguel

Once again, publishing laws in France screw over international readers. I'm a huge Manguel fan and was looking forward to reading this. The French-language Canadian edition (right) has additional chapters. I pre-orderd the e-book months ago. Is the French-language e-book sold in Canada the Canadian edition of the book? Of course not. It's the French version (left) sans the three chapters. If I want Canadian monsters, I have to buy paper. 😤

vivastory Who were the 3 chapters about? 4y

tournevis @vivastory Le Matou (Yves Beauchemin), la Sagouïne (Antonine Maillet) and Albertine (Michel Tremblay) 4y

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Fabulous Monsters: Count Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends | Alberto Manguel

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“Fiction is then sort of a verbal Adam molded from the primordial dust in the Author‘s image and infused by the Author with the breath of life” A.M. Manguel theorizes that fictional characters are immortalized for us and our our friends. This book is not about just monsters (it‘s a quote from Lewis Carroll) but a series of ideas of how Manguel sees these characters and how we might also. I love his books that i‘ve read and loved this book as well

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Fabulous Monsters: Count Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends | Alberto Manguel

Manguel can be very hit and miss for me, so let's see how this goes!

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