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Manguel, Alberto.
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Manguel, Alberto -- Books and reading.
Books and reading.
Literature -- Appreciation.
Curiosity.
Canadian essays -- 21st century.
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Manguel, Alberto.
Manguel, Alberto -- Books and reading.
Books and reading.
Literature -- Appreciation.
Curiosity.
Canadian essays -- 21st century.
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Curiosity / Alberto Manguel.
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Manguel, Alberto.
Yale University Press, [2015]
Call #:
819
.46
M277c
Subjects
Manguel, Alberto -- Books and reading.
Books and reading.
Literature -- Appreciation.
Curiosity.
Canadian essays -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780300184785 (hc.)
Description:
377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Curiosity -- the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question "Why?" has appeared under a multiplicity of guises. Why does evil exist? What is beauty? How does language inform us? What defines our identity? What is our responsibility to the world? Alberto Manguel tracks his own life of curiosity through the books that have mapped his way. Manguel chooses a selection of writers who sparked his imagination in new directions. He dedicates each chapter to a single thinker, scientist, artist, or other figure who demonstrated in a fresh way how to ask "Why?" Leading us through a full gallery of inquisitives, among them Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Lewis Carroll, Rachel Carson, Socrates, and, most importantly, Dante, Manguel affirms how deeply connected our curiosity is to the readings that most astonish us, and how essential to the soaring of our own imaginations. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Alberto Manguel is a Canadian writer, translator, editor and critic. He divides his time between Canada and a small village in France"--Provided by publisher.
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