Emeritus Prof Christopher MayGood morning booklovers,
if you, like me, have bookshelves stuffed with #books around your house, then Eva Wiseman has got news for you... they signify more about your life & the society we live in than you thought.
'bookshelf wealth' (a new design trend), is not the innocent amassing of things to read, we may have thought...
@bookstodon@a.gup.pe
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/25/using-books-as-interior-design
ClaraBlackInk@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @bookstodon@a.gup.pe I think there's this weird missing piece in the puzzle, books ARE wealth. Full stop.
They represent genuine riches and enrichment. The main absurdity of a book that is never intended to be read is that it's like having a pile of money you do nothing with. It ends up being just paper.
A large library doesn't have to be constantly thumbed through to have value. Books go out of print & the promise that they can be read is also important. They are available to the curious.