Reviews

De bibliotheek bij nacht: de liefde voor boeken en de kunst van het verzamelen by Ton Heuvelmans, Alberto Manguel

tombennett72's review against another edition

4.0

This is a lovely read, and a true celebration of libraries and books as wonderful physical things and as the source of ideas dreams and invention.

iammaddiebee's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

karinlib's review against another edition

3.0

I love books that talk about books and libraries, and Manguel does a wonderful job describing all aspects of the library.

ryeo's review against another edition

3.0

يتحدث ألبرتو مانغويل المكتبي العظيم ، في حديث مشوق عن المكتبات حسب منظور مختلف في كل مرة : المكتبة كميثولوجيا/ كترتيب/ كمكان/ ... / كهوية/ كوطن وغيرها من مفاهيم يحكي عن مكتبته التي بناها في بيته في الريف الفرنسي حسب رغبته مستلهما افكارا من مكتبات عالمية وكيف جعلها تعطي إحساسا أنه ليل حين يكون فيها ومن هنا كان عنوان الكتاب المكتبة في الليل .
كتاب جميل ، فيه الكثير من المعلومات عن المكتبات العامة والخاصة حول العالم .. ومع هذا لا يخلو من مقاطع مملة أحيانا.

smalltownbookmom's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting quotes and pictures but not all that great of a narrative.

sanjastajdohar's review against another edition

4.0

It's great to read about loving, collecting and reading books. Put in also some library history and you get a great book.

nssutton's review against another edition

1.0

academics always ruin things. made it like 8 pages. the photographs are pretty neat... at least, for the 8 pages i made it.

shelfimprovement's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

rachelhelps's review against another edition

4.0

A non-fiction book about the architecture, history, and theory about libraries, this is a friendly read for someone who really likes books. The author's intellectualism was only sometimes annoying, and I liked what I learned about Aztec libraries, itinerant libraries, etc. The style is more of a storytelling one, but facts are carefully footnoted in a non-distracting way.

konigsburg's review against another edition

3.0

Stuffily erudite; biblio-fetishistic. Do you like thinking about organizing and cataloguing your books? This one is for you.