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Title: INTO THE LOOKING GLASS WOOD
ESSAYS ON WORDS AND THE WORLD
By: Alberto Manguel
Format: Hardback

List price: £15.99


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ISBN 10: 0747543429
ISBN 13: 9780747543428
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 18 March, 1999
Pages: 272
Description: A collection of essays that addresses the nature of books and literature as a moral imperative and explores the consequences of society's betrayal of its readers and writers. It features such writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, G K Chesterton, St Augustine and Goethe.
Synopsis: This collection of essays addresses the nature of books and literature as a moral imperative and explores the consequences of society's betrayal of its readers and writers. Amongst the writers who feature in the book are Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, G.K. Chesterton, St Augustine and Goethe.
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Returns: Returnable
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