Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One’s Books
by Georges Perec (2020)
I remember complaining about having too many books to read at The Mill (RIP) in Iowa City, and getting a weary “We know” to my “Did you know the Japanese have a word for this?” I remember telling them I’d resolved to have no more than, say, a hundred books on my shelves at any given time, and them t…