Alberto Manguel is an internationally acclaimed reader, writer, and interpreter of a broad array of texts. From 2015 to 2018 he was the director of the National Library of Argentina. His books include The Library at Night and Fabulous Monsters. He lives in Lisbon.
In our confusing time, when rationality is fighting for its deserved place, Alberto Manguel's brilliant book offers a historical and analytical premise for searching for the deserved place in the spiritual confrontation with the sacred. -Norman Manea, author of The Fifth Impossibility: Essays on Exile and Language