Books
Books are physical items meant to be read, but in Burgas, Bulgaria, they also serve as benches. Perhaps a perch to relax and enjoy a good book.
In their traditional form, they can be held in the hand, paged through, and perused. In modern format, books may appear on a handheld device on a reading app like Kindle. Humberto Eco, (1932–2016) was an Italian author and medieval history professor in Bologna. He was a student of philosophy, history, literature, and education. Humberto loved books: his personal collection included ~ 50,000 volumes.
In literature, Fahrenheit 451, by author Ray Bradbury, is a dystopian novel about a future society with an anti-book stance, where ironically, firemen burn books.
In reality, some governments have banned books, but local cultures risked their lives to preserve literature in organized literary resistance. In the late 1900’s, Russia banned Lithuanian publications printed in Latin, trying to enforce the Cyrillic alphabet. Ordinary citizens smuggled texts across borders during the 40-year ban.
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