DAY FIFTEEN - GOOD BOOK

Time for a new feature in TYCDIGS: "GOOD BOOK." These will not be real book reviews, because that sounds too much like work.

Too Loud a Solitude is about a man whose job is to destroy books (as "wastepaper" that has been confiscated or banned) and whose passion is to pour over the classic works and rare volumes he manages to save. He stores them in a canopy above his humble bed, even though he is sure the weight of his collection will one day destroy him, as he destroys the flies and mice that make their way into his underground wastepaper compactor. This one really got me, passing on that physical feeling usually only associated with heartbreak or hunger or loss.

This story was the basis for a 1996 Czech film and beautiful puppet film released in 2007. Would love to see the full versions of both of these.






Looking up some of the book's references brought me quite a few interesting places as well.

It's a pretty short read, so if I don't get anything else to do at work today I might just read it again.