Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends

“In art and words, a book lover honors the characters he can’t forget.”—New York Times Book Review

An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles

Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, ...