About Alberto Manguel:
Alberto Manguel is an Argentine-born Canadian anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor. He is the author of numerous non-fiction books such as The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (co-written with Gianni Guadalupi in 1980), A History of Reading (1996), The Library at Night (2007) and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: A Biography (2008); and novels such as News From a Foreign Country Came (1991). Though almost all of Manguel's books were written in English, two of his novels (El regreso and Todos los hombres son mentirosos) were written in Spanish, and El regreso has not yet been published in English. Manguel has also written film criticism such as Bride of Frankenstein (1997) and collections of essays such as Into the Looking Glass Wood (1998). In 2007, Manguel was selected to be that year's annual lecturer for the prestigious Massey Lectures.
In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.
Alberto ManguelIf justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.
Alberto ManguelThe weight of absence is as much a feature of any library as the constriction of order and space.
Alberto ManguelDeserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.
Alberto Manguel