To me a library has always been a magical place – a place of discovery, worlds unknown, and the unexpected.  Writer Cyrille Martinez, a librarian himself,  writes about the magical library.  His story is a loving meditation on the meaning of libraries and how they can come alive – a place where ideas and stories roam free.  In this excerpt, he looks at how it all began:  the origin of the Great Library.

Excerpted from “The Dark Library” by Cyrille Rodriguez.  Translated by Joseph Patrick Stancil.  Copyright © 2020 by Cyrille Rodriguez.  Published by arrangement with Coach House Books. https://chbooks.com/

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