The existence of any library, even mine, allows readers a
sense of what their craft is truly about, a craft that struggles against the
stringencies of time by bringing fragments of the past into their present. It
grants them a glimpse, however secret or distant, into the minds of other human
beings, and allows them a certain knowledge of their own condition through the
stories stored here for their perusal. Above all, it tells readers that their
craft consist of the power to remember, actively, through the prompt of the
page, selected moments of the human experience.
Alberto Manguel
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