The wonderful smell of old books

Similarly, I also became quite sad, bewildered and angry with Umberto Eco when I read the book and came to that part of the story…

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For me, not as sad in the read, but seeing the desperation of William while attempting to save books really drove it home.

(For prolonged sadness or, rather, (for me) a running sense of melancholy throughout one of Eco’s novel’s, try The Island of the Day Before. Very immersive.)

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