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The Library at Night, by Alberto Manguel.

Renowned anthologist, editor, and essayist Alberto Manguel, author of A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading, turns his formidable literary mind to the world of libraries in this meditative work. A series of essays explore the concepts of libraries as (among other things) myths, spaces, islands, workshops, identities, and homes. Threaded through these essays is a progressive description of Manguel's own unique library, constructed in a fifteenth-century barn near France's Loire Valley. Historical and contemplative, The Library at Night should intrigue and delight bibliophiles and library aficionados.