Alberto Manguel
Alberto Manguel is the award-winning author of hundreds of works, most recently (in English) A Reader on Reading, All Men Are Liars, and The City of Words. He lives in France.
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Reading the Commedia
An appreciation of Dante's "Commedia." more »
Mar 5, 2014 Alberto Manguel Columns
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The author, age fifteen, Patagonia
Face in the Mirror
What does it mean to "be" yourself? The face reflected in the mirror is unrecognizable. more »
Dec 18, 2013 Alberto Manguel Columns (2 Comments)
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Neighbourhood of Letters
There are imaginary cities for scientists, vampires, lechers and even bad students—but what about writers? more »
Aug 14, 2013 Alberto Manguel Columns
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Paul Joseph
A Brief History of Tags
A reflection on the complex and often inexplicable process of bibliographic categorizations. more »
May 22, 2013 Alberto Manguel Columns
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Yehuda Elberg: In Memoriam
A writer whose work is among the most important contributions to the literature of the Holocaust is forgotten by almost all. more »
Feb 5, 2013 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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How to Talk About Books We Haven’t Read, Part Two
I’ve now read Comment parler des livres que l’on n’a pas lus? and I’m happy to say that I was right. more »
Nov 2, 2012 Alberto Manguel Columns
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Being Here
In the world between here and there, what place does one call home? more »
Oct 31, 2012 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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Photo: Hobvias Sudoneighm
Power to the Reader
Alberto Manguel reveals that words are dangerous creatures, with the ability to both hinder and help. more »
Aug 25, 2012 Alberto Manguel Columns (4 Comments)
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Tower of Babel (1563) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530-1569)
Observer and Observed
Alberto Manguel reflects on art as a witness to the human desire to be infinite and eternal. more »
Jun 4, 2012 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Facing the Camera
How much does a photograph really capture the essence of a person? more »
Mar 13, 2012 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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Cri de Coeur
Compared to today's vile heros, Ned Kelly-the Australian outlaw who wrote the angry, articulate Jerilderie letter in 1879-seems as innocent as an ogre-slaughtering hero of fairy tales. more »
Nov 21, 2011 Alberto Manguel Essays
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Metamorphoses
Alberto Manguel compares his life in the French countryside to that of Cain, whom God despised for being a settled crop farmer, and whom he punished by forcing him to wander. more »
Sep 13, 2011 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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Burning Mistry
Alberto Manguel examines a modern-day book burning and asks: how is this still happening? more »
May 2, 2011 Alberto Manguel Columns
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A Fairy Tale for Our Time
What can the Brothers Grimm teach us about the state of our economic system? Everything. more »
Jan 24, 2011 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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Role Models and Readers
Ruskin's readers have the power to know that there is indeed room for Alice at the Mad Hatter's table. more »
Mar 11, 2010 Alberto Manguel Columns (1 Comments)
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Imaginary Places
Alberto Manguel remembers a golden era in Canadian writing, comments on our current cultural climate and proposes a brighter future. more »
Jan 24, 2010 Alberto Manguel Columns (5 Comments)
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Ann Noël
Dante in Guantánamo
After following Virgil down through the various infernal circles, Dante reaches the frozen lake where the souls of traitors are trapped up to their necks in ice. more »
Oct 9, 2009 Alberto Manguel Columns (4 Comments)
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Hospital Reading
When you find yourself laid up in a sterile hospital room, which books do you want to have with you? more »
Jul 27, 2009 Alberto Manguel Columns (2 Comments)
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Karl Kraus, Everybody's Neighbour
He is one of the strangest creatures of that strangest of literary bestiaries. more »
Apr 27, 2009 Alberto Manguel Columns
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Art and Blasphemy
Faith seems to shiver when confronted by art. more »
Jan 1, 2009 Alberto Manguel Columns