The library at night / Alberto Manguel.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.

373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"First published in Canada in 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf Canada"--T.p. verso.

The library as myth -- The library as order -- The library as space -- The library as power -- The library as shadow -- The library as shape -- The library as chance -- The library as workshop -- The library as mind -- The library as island -- The library as survival -- The library as oblivion -- The library as imagination -- The library as identity -- The library as home.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-356) and index.