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A Gentle Madness : Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
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by:
Basbanes, Nicholas A.
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Publisher:
Owl Books
Published: March 15, 1999
ISBN: 0805061762
Format:Paperback
Pages:668
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Book Description
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What a delightful book about books and people who love books! As a second generation bibliophile, a possible bibliomane who had several people move out of my house a year ago because they erroneously believed that my books were taking over
the household, and a devout employee of "Earth's Biggest Bookstore," I can vouch that Basbanes accurately describes the glorious role of book collectors as archivists of human knowledge, and -- in continual counterpoint -- sometimes pathologically
obsessed book junkies.
Product Description:
The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness, finalist for
the 1995 National Book Critics Circle award, is an adventure among the afflicted. Richly anecdotal and fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research with the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of
books and the people who have revered, gathered, and preserved them over the centuries.
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