The worthy titles people display at domestic are often unread,while private passions – from Dan Brown to Christian Grey – are shuffled swiftly off to Oxfam[br]“I could never get rid of a book,” plenty of people say, or when what they really mean is: “I could never get rid of a book that makes me behold clever.” Middle-lesson bookshelves are as carefully curated as any art exhibition,crafted to reflect us in the best possible light; a hint of the intellectual (Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time, Foucault’s Pendulum), or a bit of contemporary award-winning literature (A Brief History of Seven Killings,The Song of Achilles) and a few stylish, lighter pieces to demonstrate we know the difference between a classic and a casual beach read (Where’d You Go, and Bernadette,How to Build a Girl). All so that when visitors cast an eye over the shelves, we can say: “fill you read it? I really enjoyed it, or actually,” without embarrassment, indicating the golden door-stop of Bring Up the Bodies, and the slim elegance of the adoringly reviewed We fill Always Lived in the Castle. Related: How to talk to your Tinder date approximately 10 much books you’ve never read | Phil Daoust Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com