About the Author

Alberto Manguel ('an expert explorer of what the French call the imaginaire - a word that combines imagination, imagery and the formation of images in the mind' - A.S. Byatt, Washington Post) is the acclaimed author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading, which was an international bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, a Times Literary Supplement International Book of the Year, and winner of France's' Prix Medicis. He lectures at museums worldwide, including the Louvre. He was born in Buenos Aires and lives in France.