{"product_id":"the-library-at-night","title":"The Library at Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire  in France  Alberto Manguel  the acclaimed writer on books and reading  has taken up the subject of libraries. Libraries  he says  have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places  and for as long as I can remember Ive been seduced by their labyrinthine logic. In this personal  deliberately unsystematic  and wide-ranging book  he offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries.  Manguel  a guide of irrepressible enthusiasm  conducts a unique library tour that extends from his childhood bookshelves to the complete libraries of the Internet  from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world  from China and Rome to Google. He ponders the doomed library of Alexandria as well as the personal libraries of Charles Dickens  Jorge Luis Borges  and others. He recounts stories of people who have struggled against tyranny to preserve freedom of thoughtthe Polish librarian who smuggled books to safety as the Nazis began their destruction of Jewish libraries; the Afghani bookseller who kept his store open through decades of unrest. Oral memory libraries kept alive by prisoners  libraries of banned books  the imaginary library of Count Dracula  the library of books never writtenManguel illuminates the mysteries of libraries as no other writer could. With scores of wonderful images throughout  The Library at Night is a fascinating voyage through Manguels mind  memory  and vast knowledge of books and civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946634637365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300139144","price":30.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300139143.jpg?v=1769958168","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-library-at-night","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}