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The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel | Jorge Luis Borges
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Not many living artists would be sufficiently brave or inspired to attempt reflecting in art what Borges constructs in words. But the detailed, evocative etchings by Erik Desmazieres provide a perfect counterpoint to the visionary prose. Like Borges, Desmazieres has created his own universe, his own definition of the meaning, topography and geography of the Library of Babel. Printed together, with the etchings reproduced in fine-line duotone, text and art unite to present an artist's book that belongs in the circle of Borges's sacrosanct Crimson Hexagon - "books smaller than natural books, books omnipotent, illustrated, and magical."
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IndoorDame
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lil1inblue 💖 😍 💖 2mo
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TK-421
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“The library will endure; it is the universe. As for us, everything has not been written...We walk the corridors, searching the shelves & rearranging them, looking for lines of meaning amid leagues of cacophony & incoherence, reading the history of the past and our future, collecting our thoughts & collecting the thoughts of others, and every so often glimpsing mirrors, in which we may recognize creatures of the information.” #league #QuotsyFeb20

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Mitch
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Popped into Libreria today & forgot how beautiful this store is. It looks quite unassuming on the outside, but the inside it‘s a homage to the Library of Babel. The walls & ceilings are mirrored to give you a sense of books to infinity! They arrange their books in broad themes ie: Power, The City etc & mix all different genres in together...so it‘s a cool way to find something new (but a hard system if you‘re looking for something specific!).

squirrelbrain Sounds really interesting (and amazing!) 😁 5y
emz711 Onto my tbr! 5y
emz711 Where is this store? 5y
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CouronneDhiver Ooo! I like the sounds of that topic-based shelving. 5y
BarbaraBB Where is this? 😍 5y
Mitch @BarbaraBB it‘s just off Brick Lane London 👍🏼@emz711 (edited) 5y
BarbaraBB I‘ll make a note of it, thanks! 5y
eraderneely This is one of my favorite bookshops! 5y
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litterairy
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"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges

Lcsmcat Welcome to Litsy! I have Little Dorrit in that edition. Is that the complete novels of Dickens? 6y
litterairy Thanks! I'm happy to be here. It is not a complete set of Dickens, yet. Someday! I used to check these edition out from the library, I still associate this binding with Pickwick Papers. 6y
Eggs Beautiful! Welcome to Litsy 👋🏻😊🌸 6y
Jas16 Welcome to Litsy! 6y
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readinginthedark
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BookHermit
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I‘m just going to put this library in Tianjin, China riiiight here.

You‘re welcome!
#librarylove

RaimeyGallant How do they get to all the books? 7y
Aninski 😍 7y
BookHermit @RaimeyGallant Drones? 😂 7y
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TheWordJar ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Bookzombie @RaimeyGallant Someone posted this on my Facebook page and that‘s what I was wondering too. 🤔 7y
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balletbookworm
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Today‘s #riotgrams prompt is “Book and library card” - I have three library cards (technically, four, if you count my staff ID to check out stuff from the university library) so this is my card for Iowa City Public Library (holla!) with Borges‘s masterwork, The Library of Babel. @bookriot

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rwmg
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From 6 years ago, but still my favourite T-shirt