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Imaginary Friends: How Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Others Taught Me About Life

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Renowned bibliophile Alberto Manguel, who describes his life as "like turning the pages of many books," explores how literary characters live with us from childhood, changing themselves and changing us. These fictional figures teach us how to understand the world and sometimes become more meaningful and real than real ones.

Manguel's 37 characters are incredibly diverse. They include Little Red Riding Hood and biblical saints; often, they are not protagonists, as in the case of Monsieur Bovary, Gertrude, or Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye. Manguel explains what attracted him to them, the truths they revealed, why they are relevant today, and at the same time, encourages us to recall and rethink our own literary attachments. A light, sometimes ironic style of writing, simultaneously highlighting and emphasizing the depth and unexpectedness of the thoughts, is supported by the author's amusing illustrations.
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