The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor by Manguel, Alberto

The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780812245233)

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The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor by Manguel, Alberto

The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor

$28.95
The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor by Manguel, Alberto

The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor

$28.95
Format: Hardcover
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Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.



Author: Alberto Manguel
ISBN-10: 0812245237
ISBN-13: 9780812245233
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2013
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d

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Choice 01/01/2014
By Alberto Manguel
By Alberto Manguel
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Alberto Manguel is the award-winning author of numerous books celebrating the written word, including bestsellers A History of Reading, The Library at Night, and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places.

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