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Packing My Library

- An Elegy and Ten Digressions

About Packing My Library

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Moving from the Loire Valley to a small New York apartment forced Alberto Manguel to whittle down his 35,000-piece personal library, catalysing serious consideration of reading, memory and the shifting relationship between a person and their books. Also considers book tragedies across history, such as the burning of Alexandria's library and ISIS's library lootings.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780300244526
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 160
  • Published:
  • June 10, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 128x196x11 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 148 g.
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Expected delivery: December 4, 2024

Description of Packing My Library

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Moving from the Loire Valley to a small New York apartment forced Alberto Manguel to whittle down his 35,000-piece personal library, catalysing serious consideration of reading, memory and the shifting relationship between a person and their books. Also considers book tragedies across history, such as the burning of Alexandria's library and ISIS's library lootings.

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