After about an hour of skimming through the shelves, I stumbled upon this used gem among the shelves on the bookstore's second floor, A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel (1996, Viking Penguin), originally priced at C$26.95 but which I got for only C$11.95.
[The friendly cashier was kind enough to take a picture of me with the book.]"For the desire to read, like all the other desires which distract our unhappy souls, is capable of analysis."—Virginia Woolf, "Sir Thomas Browne," 1923
posted by eLf ideas @ 11:49:00 AM
2 Comments:
At Friday, May 06, 2005 6:10:00 AM,
leila_bondoc said…
Friend eLf, I love that quote too!
At Friday, May 06, 2005 6:55:00 AM,
eLf ideas said…
Lei,
I'm glad you liked it, too.
I remember what Rain wrote to me, "the writer and the reader is like a man and a woman, they complete each other."
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