For Manguel, translation is the supreme form of reading.

Amidst the perennial debate regarding the relationship between translation and creativity, this book delves deep into the analysis and interpretation of translation, liberating the translator from the label of mere text-conveyor.

Manguel illuminates translation as an art form, a rebirth, a political act, and a migration—celebrating those "thief-like" translators who appropriate what is not theirs and transplant it into the soil of their own language.

A book for anyone captivated by the enchanting world of translation, where the spirit of the text migrates from one body to another.