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![]() Into The Looking-Glass Wood
Manguel, Alberto
Publisher: Vintage, CanadaYear Published: 1998 Pages: 274pp ISBN: 0-676-97135-0 Library of Congress Number: PN45.M345 Dewey: 809 Resource Type: Book A journey through the possibilities of reading. Abstract: - Table of Contents I. FOREWORD With Thanks II. WHO AM I? A Reader in the Looking-Glass Wood On Being Jewish Meanwhile, in Another Part of the Forest III. MEMORANDA Borges in Love The Death of Che Guevara Imagination to Power! (Remembering Julio Cortazar) IV. SEX The Gates of Paradise Browsing in the Rag-and-Bone Shop V. WORDPLAY The Blind Photographer Reading White for Black The Secret Sharer VI. LOOKING TO SEE The Muse in the Museum Dragon Eggs and Phoenix Feathers, or A Defence of Desire VII. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT In Memoriam God's Spies The Age of Revenge VIII. CERTAIN BOOKS Taking Chesterton at His Word The Irresolutions of Cynthia Ozick Waiting for an Echo: On Reading Richard Outram IX. GETTING RID OF THE ARTISTS Jonah and the Whale: A Sermon X. REMEMBERING THE FUTURE St. Augustine's Computer |