{"product_id":"the-traveler-the-tower-and-alberto-manguel-9780812245233","title":"The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alberto Manguel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812245237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812245233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Alberto Manguel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435260326143,"sku":"9780812245233","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_880cb17a-89a4-43bd-8917-603d44d545fb.jpg?v=1777149256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-traveler-the-tower-and-alberto-manguel-9780812245233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}