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Manguel, Alberto

Alberto Manguel is a reader who lapses from time to time into writing, and who, a few years away from the prescribed three score and ten, now spends most of his time rereading. Among his favourite books are Alice in Wonderland, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Divine Comedy and, of course, The Wind in the Willows.

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Alberto Manguel on Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Several times, during a long life of reading, I’ve been tempted to write an autobiography based solely on the books that have counted for me. Someone once told me that it was customary for a Spanish nobleman to have his coat of arms engraved on his bedhead so that visitors might know who it was who lay in a sleep that might always be his last. Why then not be identified by my bedside favourites, which define and represent me better than any symbolic shield? If I ever indulged in such a vainglorious undertaking, a chapter, an early chapter, would be given over to The Wind in the Willows.

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