Reading Quirks
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Andrés de la Casa Huertas. Reading Quirks
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“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
–Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
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Reading Quirks is particularly fine in exploring the olfac-tory dimension of our tribal culture. The crisp menthola-ted tang of a brand-new book makes it impossible to start reading without a good get-to-know-you sniff first. The potency of old books is even stronger, with their warm, yeasty smells of an after-hours bakery. This is the very odor of remembrance of things past, not unlike opening a tin of soda crackers manufactured during the reign of Edward VII. Reading Quirks is equally brave in tackling the great taboo, the dark side, if you will, of bibliomania. Borrowing books, lending books, one friend to another;
Ben Fountain is the author of collection of short stories Brief Encounters with Che Guevara(Ecco Press, 2006) and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Ecco Press, 2012) –adapted in 2016 into a major motion picture, directed by Ang Lee. Last year he also published his essay on Trump’s 2016 campaign Beautiful Country Burn Again (Ecco Press, 2018). He has received the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fic-tion, and a Whiting Writers’ Award, among other honors and awards.
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