An amateur book collector in the short story “Dan” in Tamar Yellin’s new Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes (Toby Press, 156 pp., $22.95) lives in a house “full to its bursting point.” But he grieves when, at his wife’s urging, he parts with some of the volumes in his library:
“A book once read was used, faded, too intimate to be parted with, too familiar to be read again.”
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so true. But I have also realized as you grow old, you seek the comfort of the familiar than struggle with the unknown.
Comment by fictitioustruth — June 23, 2009 @ 4:28 am |
What’s odd is that so many of us find it hard to get rid of books even if we know that better editions — for example, with more interesting introductions by scholars — are available at any bookstore or library …
Comment by 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — June 23, 2009 @ 11:03 am |
I keep a book list. I note the title, author, and date finished (or abandoned) of the books I read during each year. Five years later, I sometimes enjoy leafing through the list, remembering the books I’ve read.
Comment by carmenv — June 23, 2009 @ 11:11 pm |
Great idea. I’ve kept that kind of list for years. It’s remarkable how much you can forget without one.
Comment by 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — June 23, 2009 @ 11:17 pm |