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02315aam a2200337 i 4500 001 436C5B1C4DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180502010046 008 170828t20182018ctu 000 0aeng c 010 $a 2017950992 020 $a 0300219334 020 $a 9780300219333 035 $a (OCoLC)1002129879 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d ERASA $d TYC $d DAD $d CPL $d HTM $d UBC $d INU $d CZA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a PR9199.3 M34845 Z46 2018 100 1 $a Manguel, Alberto, $e author. 245 10 $a Packing my library : $b an elegy and ten digressions / $c Alberto Manguel. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 146 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000-volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading. In this poignant and personal reevaluation of his life as a reader, the author illuminates the highly personal art of reading and affirms the vital role of public libraries. Manguel's musings range widely, from delightful reflections on the idiosyncrasies of book lovers to deeper analyses of historic and catastrophic book events, including the burning of ancient Alexandria's library and contemporary library lootings at the hands of ISIS. With insight and passion, the author underscores the universal centrality of books and their unique importance to a democratic, civilized, and engaged society."-- $c Dust jacket. 600 10 $a Manguel, Alberto $x Books and reading. 650 0 $a Private libraries. 650 0 $a Libraries. 650 0 $a Books and reading. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220902014304.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220527010214.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116012705.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=436C5B1C4DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search