In the dark with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering the library is a closed space a universe of selfserving rules that pretend to replace or translate those of the shapeless universe...

In the dark with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering the library is a closed space a universe of selfserving rules that pretend to replace or translate those of the shapeless universe beyond.
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In the dark with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering the library is a closed space a universe of selfserving rules that pretend to replace or translate those of the shapeless universe beyond. Alberto Manguel

In the dark with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering the library is a closed space a universe of selfserving rules that pretend to replace or translate those of the shapeless universe beyond.
Alberto Manguel