Reader on Reading

"e;A meditation on the 'art of reading' . . . [and] a celebration of 'the reader's whims-trust in pleasure and faith in haphazardness.'"e; -The New YorkerHere are thirty-nine reflections on the joy and solace of reading by the internationally celebrated author Alberto Manguel, who is widely considered one of the world's great readers. Narratives of Jonah, Homer, and Dante; topics ranging from Pino...