false <![CDATA[The House of Paper]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174844867m/445305.jpg 445305 13 <div>Bluma Lennon, distinguished professor of Latin American literature at Cambridge, is hit by a car while crossing the street, immersed in a volume of Emily Dickinson's poems. Several months after her untimely demise, a package arrives for her from Argentina-a copy of a Conrad novel, encrusted in cement and inscribed with a mysterious dedication. Bluma's successor in the department (and a former lover) travels to Buenos Aires to track down the sender, one Carlos Brauer, who turns out to have disappeared. <br><br>The last thing known is that he moved to a remote stretch of the Uruguayan coastline and built himself a house out of his enormous and valuable library. How he got there, and why, is the subject of this seductive novel-part mystery, part social comedy, and part examination of all the many forms of bibliomania. <br><br>Charmingly illustrated by Peter Sís, The House of Paper is a tribute to the strange and passionate relationship between people and their books. <br><br></div> 1448205 2004 The House of Paper total:104|5:22|4:45|3:25|2:8|1:4| 104 385 155 29 5 5 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 20:52:12 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 02:09:56 -0700 2008 2 "To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collections of books."

To be honest I have never ever thinking of something like that. Prior reading this book, as a book lover I just buy and read books that interest me or recommended by fellow readers. Domin...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed May 07 15:02:45 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 15:19:34 -0700 2008 many many times ini novela yg luar biasa!! Buku tentang dunia perbukuan untuk para penggila buku. Saya rekomendasikan bener2 utk semua goodreaders.
Resensi saya pasti tidak memadai utk menangkap keindahan buku ini, jadi lebih baik pasang di sini cuplikannya, moga2 bisa membuat tergetar sbgmn saya tergetar wakt...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jun 26 00:40:17 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 19 05:25:24 -0700 2008 many many times di sini
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Uruguay: Bagi maniak buku Carlos Brauer, menata buku itu tidak bisa sembarangan. Tidak mungkin Shakespeare dipajang bersisian dg Christopher Marlowe yg sepanjang hidupnya bersete...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 20 04:06:19 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 04:06:45 -0700 2009

"...os livros avançam pela casa, silenciosos, inocentes. Não consigo detê-los.
Muistas vezes me perguntei porque conservo livros que só num futuro remoto me poderiam ajudar, titul...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 14:34:31 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:40:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 20:01:22 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 08:35:24 -0800 2008
But the ensuing story is flimsy and while the writing is decent, not unique or enga...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 08 12:28:27 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 28 13:35:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 08:57:43 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:12:50 -0800 2009
"It is often much harder to get rid of books than to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of need and oblivion we make with them, witnesses to a moment in our lives we will...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 09:21:37 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 07:06:09 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 09 13:53:05 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 13:54:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 10 14:45:47 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 14:49:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 00:50:13 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 00:50:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 08:45:48 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:47:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 20 08:22:53 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 08:25:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 22:19:55 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 22:23:20 -0700 2007 I wasn't sure I was really liking it while I read it, but I think about the story all the time.
It is basically a tale of warning to the book addict: do not let it consume you. The attraction of books, the collecting, the consumption.
Somewhat lost on me, as I...more...]]> 2 0 true false Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 09:30:34 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 09:32:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 21:59:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 18:59:21 -0700 2008
The book flirts between moments I absolutely loved and ones that left me bored. At 103 pages, you can speed through it ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 07:08:09 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 07:14:12 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 19:59:44 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 20:03:08 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 29 07:29:20 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 20:46:35 -0700 2007 The House Made of Paper when I read it.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=445305