Bibliography

Umberto Eco, Secondo Diario Minimo. Milano: Bompiani 1992.

ISBN: 8845218333, 9788845218330.

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Citations

Ma alla domanda sui libri occorre rispondere, mentre la mascella si irrigidisce e rivoli di sudore diaccio colano lungo la colonna vertebrale. Io un tempo avevo adottato la risposta sprezzante: “Non ne ho letto nessuno,...
“Come giustificare una biblioteca privata” in Eco: Secondo Diario Minimo p. 140

Texts

“Have you read all these books?”
Anyone in possession of more than a handful of books, who is in the habit of standing them up side by side on a shelf, must be prepared for one particular question, “Have you read all these books?” Every time we have a guest over, or a man comes in to fix the heating, a quick glance at the shelves is enough to provoke this question. Walter Benjamin cites Anatole France’s retort to the...