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The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor (Material Texts)
The Traveler the Tower and the Worm The Reader as Metaphor - Material Texts
Author: Alberto Manguel
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, advancing through its pages like pilgrims heading toward enlightenment. We may be recluses, withdrawing through our reading into our own ivory towers. O...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812245233
ISBN-10: 0812245237
Publication Date: 7/19/2013
Pages: 144
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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