Why a library fire feels like an ‘attack on humanity’

Why a library fire feels like an ‘attack on humanity’

Nov 13, 2018 6:20 PM EST

 

"There's something about the burning of a library, partly because of our associations in history with what it means to burn a library, partly because we relate to books as something that's so near to us.

"It's essentially us taking what's in our mind and our soul and preserving it in some fashion. And to destroy that feels almost like an attack on humanity.

Jeffrey Brown:
"Orlean's book is part history, of a beautiful building in downtown L.A. filled with architectural and artistic detail that first opened in 1926, and the colorful characters who were key to its development..."

From:  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-a-library-fire-feels-like-an-attack-on-humanity