Umberto Eco's Collection of Books
The writer of The Swan, Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visitors into two categories:
- Those who react with “Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many of these books have you read?”*
- And a very small minority—who get the point that a private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool. Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.
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I am you, but me - them, and us - him, and her - loved, and hated lonely, but never alone - Introvert, and extrovert - introspective, yet in denial. Insane, amidst moments of brilliant sanity.
Now I see my massive collection of unread books with a new perspective!
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