Confessions of a bibliomaniac
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It’s an atmospheric kind of job, caring for very old books. Wreathed in the druidical fog of time, manuscript keepers on TV and in movies guard secret knowledge. In reality, in my experience, experts in the oldest treasures of literary culture tend to be practical people. You have to be: literary antiquities are delicate, but not that delicate, and heavier than you expect. Book work means washing your hands all day, because that “old book smell” is mould and dead skin. It isn’t that bibliophile
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