Alberto Manguel Quote

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions, these changing features fix a precise quality onto a book's definition. I judge a book by its cover; I judge a book by its shape.


The Shape of The Book, p. 125. - A History of Reading (1996)


At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions, these changing...

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions, these changing...

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions, these changing...

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions, these changing...