6/4/2023 0 Comments Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman![]() ![]() This is a lady who loves her books and I could feel the agony of the decisions which had to be made. Each volume has its own history - who gave it, were and when it was read. ![]() ![]() It's not condition, but memories: a book is not just a collection of words. I know the agonies of deciding which of two books should be retained. It hit the spot with me straight away with an article about the time when Anne and her husband married their libraries - some time after they themselves had married. The editor asked only that they should be about Anne Fadiman's reading and directed at the general reader rather than the bibliophile. Many of the essays were originally published under the general heading of "The Common Reader" in "Civilization", the magazine of the Library of Congress. At just 132 pages, eighteen short essays on the subject of books and some recommended reading it was just long enough to entertain me until the night cooled. It was by the side of my bed when I last visited my daughter and I picked it up in the early hours of a June night when it was really too hot to sleep. Bookbag thinks that you should go out and buy it. It's well-writen, witty and thought-provoking. Summary: A series of short essays on the subject of books. ![]()
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