Genres > Non-fiction > Literary
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The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm
NON FICTION, 2013
As far as one can tell, human beings are the only species for which the world seems made up of stories, Alberto Manguel writes. We read the book of the world in many guises: we may be travelers,...
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NON FICTION 2013
The First Books of Humanity sets out to explore and recount the history of the book, chronicling its beginnings in the East and long journey to the West. It is a five thousand year old tale that...
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TRAVEL JOURNAL, 2013
In this travel diary of a trip through the Middle East, Santiago Gamboa recounts his experiences in Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Amman, Petra, and Aqaba: the habits and customs of the men and...
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NON FICTION, 2011
Reader, writer, anthologist and translator. Alberto Manguel lives among books. In these conversations with French editor Claude Rouquet, he goes through his experiences and talks about childhood,...
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BIOGRAPHY, 2013.
The Life of Juan Carlos Onetti This is the first biography of the masterful Uruguayan writer, winner of the Premio Cervantes, Juan Carlos Onetti. Domínguez seeks out the...
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ESSAY, 2011
XAVIER VILLAURRUTIA LITERARY AWARD 2011 Are illusions chains or wings longing for freedom? This book of essays comes from the concern to discover the meaning of illusions and the power...
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NON FICTION, 1991-2002
Seven volumes in which are gathered all her works of literary journalism.
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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books
NON FICTION, 2013
There are many histories on and of the book, but there are none devoted to exploring not the creation of book, but its destruction. Nowhere in the world is there a current text on this topic,...
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