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Cómo ordenar una bibliotecasecond-hand

Published by Anagrama · History and archaeology · ISBN 9788433916464

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Four pieces by Roberto Calasso on books, literature and publishing: 'How to Order a Library', which gives the volume its title, along with 'How to Order a Bookshop', 'Birth of the Review' and 'The Years of the Magazines'. He offers no classification system: he argues that ordering one's books means facing the map of one's own preferences and accepting surprises, and from there he moves on to editing, writing, buying, selling and reading.

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For anyone with a library at home who keeps thinking about how to order it, and for readers curious about publishing and the history of magazines and reviews. It is a personal take on the love of books.

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