

In a futuristic, dystopian world, civilization as we know it has collapsed. Also, Carrión plays with the libraries of Don Quixote and Captain Nemo, and pays homage to some of the world’s most fascinating bookstores and libraries as part of his own life.Īlberto Chimal: La noche en la zona M He discusses books and cities with Alberto Manguel, Iain Sinclair, Luigi Amara, and Han Kang. In this book of chronicles, Jorge Carrión travels to the innovative libraries and bookstores of Seoul researches in Naples and Capri the history of the mythical house of Curzio Malaparte interviews booksellers and writers in Miami.

Libraries and bookstores-real or fictional, traveled or read-are fundamental scenarios of our sentimental and intellectual upbringing.
