This felt so personal to read. I never met my grandfather. He passed away long before I was born. But I inherited some of his books. Trigonometry, biographies, first aid manuals from WWII, etc. And I feel they make me feel closer to him or the makeup of his intellectual breadth. He had a library and I rescued as many books as I could to give them a new home with me away from the dilapidated condition they were left in. I feel libraries are genealogical too but in a non-corporal way.
Thank you, Sayani! It's interesting that you used the word 'rescue' in your sentence. I feel the same when I find an old book here and there. I feel as if I need to rescue it from oblivion and destruction.
This is the strength of heredity! I am delighted that you are the grandson of Vagharsh Azatyan and hope that one day your wish comes true: that your children will become avid readers like you. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, dear Vashik, I really appreciate them.
This is totally moving, I'm in tears. Thank you for sharing all these thoughts and little part of your story. I feel the same about books that are not mine, I just can't, I need to own the book, make it part of us (me and the others books at home).
Thank you so much, Mariana. For reading it and for your kind words. The nature of relationships we form with the books we own always fascinated me. I borrowed books from my local library couple of times, read it, and then couldn't resist buying a copy to own. It's actually the same for me with the e-books as it is with the loaned library ones.
YES! Is the same for me, if I read a book that is not mine, and like it, I need to buy a copy so I can annotate on it. And another thing, specially with second hand books, I always fall in love with those books that have lots of things from the last owner, you can find a mirror of that life on books. I work at a second hand bookstore so I'm always reading and finding so many memories...
This felt so personal to read. I never met my grandfather. He passed away long before I was born. But I inherited some of his books. Trigonometry, biographies, first aid manuals from WWII, etc. And I feel they make me feel closer to him or the makeup of his intellectual breadth. He had a library and I rescued as many books as I could to give them a new home with me away from the dilapidated condition they were left in. I feel libraries are genealogical too but in a non-corporal way.
Thank you, Sayani! It's interesting that you used the word 'rescue' in your sentence. I feel the same when I find an old book here and there. I feel as if I need to rescue it from oblivion and destruction.
This is the strength of heredity! I am delighted that you are the grandson of Vagharsh Azatyan and hope that one day your wish comes true: that your children will become avid readers like you. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, dear Vashik, I really appreciate them.
Dear Ani, apologies for my late reply! I saw your comment and blushed from your kindness! Thank you so much and I hope you’re doing well:)
This is totally moving, I'm in tears. Thank you for sharing all these thoughts and little part of your story. I feel the same about books that are not mine, I just can't, I need to own the book, make it part of us (me and the others books at home).
Thank you so much, Mariana. For reading it and for your kind words. The nature of relationships we form with the books we own always fascinated me. I borrowed books from my local library couple of times, read it, and then couldn't resist buying a copy to own. It's actually the same for me with the e-books as it is with the loaned library ones.
YES! Is the same for me, if I read a book that is not mine, and like it, I need to buy a copy so I can annotate on it. And another thing, specially with second hand books, I always fall in love with those books that have lots of things from the last owner, you can find a mirror of that life on books. I work at a second hand bookstore so I'm always reading and finding so many memories...
You deserve all the praise. Every time I see your name in my inbox, I open your email with eagerness and joy.