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Susan orlean the library book review6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, it was the largest library fire in US history. The event itself did not get the national publicity warranted for a simple reason: it occurred on the same day as the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The 1986 fire in the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library destroyed literally millions of books, microfiche, photographs, magazines, and other documents and records. The Library Book focuses on a singular event in the life of one library. It is where we can glimpse immortality, in the library, we can live forever.” She describes them as “a gathering pool of narratives and of the people who come to find them. I did not realize how passionate she was for libraries in general. He pretended to muffle a cough each time he ate a chip.” She describes a patron in “one of the carrels in history, a man in a pin-striped suit who had books on his desk but wasn’t reading held a bag of Doritos under the lip of the table. For instance, I had no idea that author Susan Orlean was such a wonderful observer of humanity. I read The Library Book without knowing a lot about it. Nonfiction: The Library Book, Susan Orlean ![]() Book Review: The Library Book, Susan Orlean ![]()
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