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I like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no more I'll still be with my books.
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From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story.
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Alberto Manguel
Born:
1948
(age 76)
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Alberto Manguel is an Argentine Canadian anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor.
Known for:
A history of reading (1996)
The Library at Night (2005)
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (1980)
A reading diary (2004)
With Borges (2004)
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