Reader on Reading

In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called "e;the Casanova of reading,"e; argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. "e;We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything,"e; writes Manguel, "e;landscape, the skies, the faces of others, the images and words that our species create."e; Reading our own l...