Alberto Manguel Quote

Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading — once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and subversive — is now condescendingly accepted as a pastime, a slow pastime that lacks efficiency and does not contribute to the common good.


The Library at Night (ed. Vintage Canada, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307370273


Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading — once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and...

Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading — once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and...

Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading — once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and...

Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading — once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and...