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“It is in the translation that the innocence lost after the first reading is restored under another guise, since the reader is once again faced with a new text and its attendant mystery. That is the inescapable paradox of translation, and also its wealth.”

Alberto Manguel

The Translator As Reader, p. 273-274.
A History of Reading (1996)

“From its very start, reading is writings apotheosis.”

Alberto Manguel

Beginnings, p. 179.
A History of Reading (1996)

“A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.”

Alberto Manguel

The Last Page, p. 7.
A History of Reading (1996)

“Augustine's description of Ambrose's silent reading (including the remark that he never read aloud) is the first definite instance recorded in Western literature.”

Alberto Manguel

The Silent Readers, p. 43.
A History of Reading (1996)

“I never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords.”

Alberto Manguel

The Last Page, p. 11.
A History of Reading (1996)

“As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.”

Alberto Manguel

The Translator As Reader, p. 276.
A History of Reading (1996)

“reading is at the beginning of the social contract”

Alberto Manguel

The Last Page, p. 7.
A History of Reading (1996)