1964
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Argentine writers
author
Author_Alberto Manguel
bibliophile
blind
blind writer
bookstore clerk
Buenos Aires
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cultural heritage
editor
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intimate portrait
legacy
literary history
literary influence
literary journey
literary luminaries
literary minds
literary world
literature
literature lovers
memoir
mentorship
part-time job
personal reflection
reading aloud
reading experience
storytelling
transcribing
transcription
writer's legacy
writer-reader relationship
youth and age
Product details
- ISBN 9781846590054
- Weight: 88g
- Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 07 Apr 2006
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Buenos Aires, 1964, a blind writer in his sixties approaches a sixteen-year-old bookstore clerk and asking if he would be interested in a part-time job reading aloud. The writer was Jorge Luis Borges, one of the world's finest literary minds; the boy was Alberto Manguel, who was later to become an internationally acclaimed author and editor and bibliophile. The young Manguel spent several years reading aloud and transcribing for the enigmatic Borges. Here he recalls this time with integrity and warmth, offering us an intimate and moving portrait of one of the great literary luminaries.
Alberto Manguel is internationally acclaimed as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor, and is the author of several award-winning books including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. He was born in Buenos Aires, became a Canadian citizen in 1982 and now lives in France, where he was named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
