This collection of essays addresses the nature of books and literature as a moral imperative and explores the consequences of society's betrayal of its readers and writers. Amongst the writers who feature in the book are Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, G.K. Chesterton, St Augustine and Goethe.
- ISBN10 0156012650
- ISBN13 9780156012652
- Publish Date 1 August 2000 (first published 20 October 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Mariner Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English