Alfred J. Mac Adam
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xii, 354 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A product of ten years of research and support from leading American and European universities, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story: the smashed tablets of ancient Sumer, the widespread looting of libraries in post-war Iraq, the leveling of the Library of Alexandria, book burnings by Crusaders and Nazis, and censorship against authors past and present. With diligence and grace, Báez mounts a compelling investigation...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 346 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico...