
ISBN: 9780140166545
author:
Alberto Manguel
book format: Paperback
other title:
A History of Reading
publishing house: Penguin Books
publication date: 1997
-10
language:
English
binding: Paperback
price: USD 20.00
number of pages: 372
Alberto Manguel
overview
From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, noted essayist Alberto Manguel follows the quirky and passionate 4,000-year-old history of the written work whose true hero is the reader. Photos & line drawings.