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Bibliomania / Bibliomanie
Story
With an afterword by Barbara Vinken | Illustrated by Burkhard Neie
Bookseller and antiques dealer Giacomo is a recluse living in a quiet alley in Barcelona. His sole love are books. He is intoxicated by the smell of the paper, the covers, the gilded letters and the ink. His dream: establishing his own library. But he has a rival who is just as dedicated to buying bibliophilic treasures as he is: Baptisto, who owns a book shop at the Plaça del Rei. Little by little, Giacomo’s passion turns into a mania that stops at nothing …
Bookseller and antiques dealer Giacomo is a recluse living in a quiet alley in Barcelona. His sole love are books. He is intoxicated by the smell of the paper, the covers, the gilded letters and the ink. His dream: establishing his own library. But he has a rival who is just as dedicated to buying bibliophilic treasures as he is: Baptisto, who owns a book shop at the Plaça del Rei. Little by little, Giacomo’s passion turns into a mania that stops at nothing …
2021, 68 pages