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VerksinformationThe Library: A Catalogue of Wonders av Stuart Kells
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Very dry history of libraries across time. Much sadness and depression at the loss. Portents for the future at the moment that were exhibited in the past before the dark ages. Reading is DANGEROUS for overlords, they MUST keep the population ignorant so for a take over to work..first you must burn the books, close the libraries, kill the teachers or make the irrelevant. It is happening in the USA and around the world right now in 2023. A fascinating and information-dense history of books and libraries - ancient, modern, real and fictitious, created, lost, stolen, and destroyed. Book lovers be warned - there is a lot of discussion of ancient and rare books stolen, defaced and destroyed. It's enough to break your heart. It's not all bad news though. It's a bit rambling and seems to wander off topic quite a bit, but nevertheless it's a great read for any bibliophile. If you’re looking for a quick and dirty history of libraries, this isn’t your book. If you’re looking for a book filled with loosely connected annecdotes about the history of libraries, this could be your book. I’m a book lover and a library lover, but this book at times tried my patience. First of all, the organization of the book is often confusing (at least to me), and the sheer volume of names is difficult to keep up with. Also, because of the tremendous amount of research presented the book begs for footnotes, especially in this age of quick connection to references if you’re reading, as I was, on a Kindle. Additionally, there is no index, which I think is a real weakness. I have to say, I was pleased to read the defense of libraries and the value of spending public monies on them with which Stuart Kells wraps up the book. That said, I found some of the comments Kells makes in this same wrap up about the negative effect of digitizing libraries to be a little old fashioned
To get through times like these, I recommend drinking alcohol and making use of libraries. (Just not at the same time and, for best results, not in that order.) Library holdings have helped reassure me that values associated with reason, intellect and art really do tend to survive dark ages of various kinds. A space devoted to quiet reflection on the written word is also just so much nicer than, say, an echo chamber of negative covfefe. It was therefore a pleasure to sit down among the stacks and read a new book about the history of this very subject: “The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders,” by Stuart Kells. Priser
"Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others. Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries, scientific libraries, memorial libraries, personal libraries, clandestine libraries: Stuart Kells tells the stories of their creators, their prizes, their secrets and their fate. To research this book, Kells traveled around the world with his young family like modern day 'Library Tourists.' Kells discovered that all the world's libraries are connected in beautiful and complex ways, that in the history of libraries, fascinating patterns are created and repeated over centuries. More importantly, he learned that stories about libraries are stories about people, containing every possible human drama. The Library is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It's a celebration of books as objects, a celebration of the anthropology and physicality of books and bookish space, and an account of the human side of these hallowed spaces by a leading and passionate bibliophile." -- Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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