It is well to remind ourselves that literature is first and last a means of life, and that the enterprise of forming one's literary taste is an enterprise of learning how best to use this means of life. People who don't want to live, people who would sooner hibernate than feel intensely, will be wise to eschew literature.
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Debra
The Codex Seraphinianus was written and illustrated by Italian graphic designer and architect, Luigi Serafini during the late 1970's. The Codex is a lavishly produced book that purports to be an encyclopedia for an imaginary world in a parallel universe, with copious comments in an incomprehensible language.
You enter the title and author or the ISBN or (here is the cool part) you use a small scanner and scan the barcode - the software then goes online and searches a group of databases (Amazon, The Library of Congress and others) and brings back a picture of the cover, a summary of the plot, date of publication, publisher info and a dozen or so other facts about the book and saves it to your database!
I am selling part of my personal collection. For more information on each book, and, perhaps, to purchase them. just click on the image of the book. Thanks!
If you are interested in collecting books you should stop in and have a conversation with an independent bookseller. She or he will be very glad to help you get started on your collection--especially if you want to start in their shop!
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." ~ Jorge Luis Borges.
Amazon used its computer system to enter the Kindle devices of customers who had purchased George Orwell's books and summarily deleted them from the devices
