The Library at Night

The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel, from Yale University Press, is part of the collection at the Reading Room.

Alberto Manguel The Library at Night from Yale University Press

“A meditation on the meaning and mysteries of libraries through history, beginning with Manguel’s extraordinary library in the French countryside.” — back cover

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