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Patience and Fortitude #2

永恒的图书馆

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“坚忍”和“刚毅”是纽约公共图书馆门前两座石狮的名字,在美国经济大萧条最严酷的日子里,纽约市市长拉瓜地亚总会在星期日晚间的广播里,用这两个词来鼓舞市民们熬过一个个黎明前的黑夜,迎接明天的曙光。《永恒的图书馆:坚忍与刚毅之二》中,无数的藏书家、书商和图书馆人凭着“坚忍”与“刚毅”,在保存书籍文化的传承上成就了不朽的功绩。

图书馆作为“医治灵魂的场所”,从最早的亚历山大城图书馆开始便承担着保存书籍和传递知识的重要作用。《永恒的图书馆——坚忍与刚毅之二》作者巴斯贝恩历经十余载,遍访世界各大公共图书馆和大学图书馆——波士顿公共图书馆、纽约公共图书馆、哈佛大学图书馆、牛津大学博德利图书馆等,生动记录了无数的图书馆人,为保存人类文化遗产所从事的堂吉诃德式的奋斗……

198 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2011

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Nicholas A. Basbanes

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Nicholas A. Basbanes is an award-winning investigative journalist and was literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian, and he is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Basbanes lives in North Grafton, Massachusetts.

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