The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel

The Library at Night

Alberto Manguel

373 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative reflective slow-paced
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Inspired by creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, the author tours from his childhood bookshelves to the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. He ponders th...

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Moods

reflective 84%
informative 78%
inspiring 36%
relaxing 21%
challenging 15%
adventurous 10%
funny 10%
hopeful 10%
dark 5%
emotional 5%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 27%
fast 5%

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