Curiosity

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Alberto Manguel

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Yale University
22 March 2016

Biography: literary; Autobiography: literary; Memoirs; Philosophy of language; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: general

An eclectic history of human curiosity, a great feast of ideas, and a memoir of a reading life from an internationally celebrated reader and thinker

Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question “Why?” has appeared under a multiplicity of guises and in vastly different contexts throughout the chapters of human history. Why does evil exist? What is beauty? How does language inform us? What defines our identity? What is our responsibility to the world? In Alberto Manguel’s most personal book to date, the author tracks his own life of curiosity through the reading that has mapped his way.

Manguel chooses as his guides a selection of writers who sparked his imagination. He dedicates each chapter to a single thinker, scientist, artist, or other figure who demonstrated in a fresh way how to ask “Why?” Leading us through a full gallery of inquisitives, among them Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Lewis Carroll, Rachel Carson, Socrates, and, most importantly, Dante, Manguel affirms how deeply connected our curiosity is to the readings that most astonish us, and how essential to the soaring of our own imaginations.

By: Alberto Manguel
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780300219807
ISBN 10: 0300219806
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 22 March 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alberto Manguel is a Canadian writer, translator, editor, and critic. Born in Buenos Aires, he has since resided in Israel, Argentina, Europe, the South Pacific, and Canada. He now lives in New York.

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'Curiosity is a meditation on what is important ... it is best taken as if part of a long, fascinating conversation with an individual whose erudition and humanity leave one largely content to listen while nursing one's own, parallel apprehensions.' - Stoddard Martin, Jewish Chronicle -- Stoddard Martin Jewish Chronicle

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