Comments on: “needing the stupid things” Luc Sante on the book collection that devoured his life

By: sarah washburn

sarah washburn — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:09:37 +0000

lovely.

i can always remember the page (right-facing or left-) and have yet to experience a similar recollection with the web. and the tactile part? don’t get me started.

i’m going straight to the article now…

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:58:56 +0000

Thanks for that link. I love Luc Sante, and would hate to have missed that.

By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:21:13 +0000

What a fun article.
And yes, I kept glimpsing myself in it, from the duplicate books to the bookstore years, to the booklined basement home office.

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:27:13 +0000

i love this quote:

“books function as a kind of external hard drive for my mind — my brain isn’t big enough to do all the things it wants or needs to do without help.”

esp. the tactile and visual aspects of books not just their contents, and the spatial arrangement and selections of same.