With Borges, Alberto Manguel
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With Borges, Alberto Manguel
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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individual biography
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
With Borges
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bibliography
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Alberto Manguel
Summary
In Buenos Aires, 1964, a blind writer approaches a sixteen-year-old bookstore clerk asking if he would be interested in a part-time job reading aloud." "The writer was Jorge Luis Borges, one of the world's finest literary minds; the boy was Alberto Manguel, who was later to become an internationally acclaimed author and bibliophile." "The young Manguel spent several years reading aloud and transcribing for the enigmatic Borges. Here he recalls this time with integrity and warmth, offering us an intimate and moving portrait of one of the great literary luminaries
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