Great post - thanks - reading A History of Reading - A. Manguel- imagining an boy from Argentina, living in Berlin and reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in translation. The mind, it boggles!!! Love the stories!
Oct 21, 2023·edited Oct 21, 2023Liked by Joel J Miller
Loved the photos in this post! I would likely have "crooked neck syndrome" if I ever got to visit Kells incredible library, walking slowly head tilted sideways to read all the titles (happens to me often in used bookstores...).
I was unfamiliar with Kells, but now I want to read some of his books! “Books-about-books” is one of my favorite genres.
If I ever succeed in opening my own used bookshop, there will be a section labeled “Bibliophilia.” It will hold all those odd memoirs about reading, books about libraries and bookstores, and literary criticism.
Your post today brings to mind The House of Twenty Thousand Books. a fabulous memoir by Sasha Abramsky.
Thank you.
Great post - thanks - reading A History of Reading - A. Manguel- imagining an boy from Argentina, living in Berlin and reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in translation. The mind, it boggles!!! Love the stories!
Loved the photos in this post! I would likely have "crooked neck syndrome" if I ever got to visit Kells incredible library, walking slowly head tilted sideways to read all the titles (happens to me often in used bookstores...).
I was unfamiliar with Kells, but now I want to read some of his books! “Books-about-books” is one of my favorite genres.
If I ever succeed in opening my own used bookshop, there will be a section labeled “Bibliophilia.” It will hold all those odd memoirs about reading, books about libraries and bookstores, and literary criticism.
I so thoroughly enjoyed this!! And very jealous of his library. He's fascinating! Thank you!