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Books, Pen, Notebooks

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Text published on the magazine “The end” in the section curated by Marco Tagliafierro about the feticcio.
 
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"My father read newspapers and books every day, for hours and hours. His library grew gradually over the years, following his interests, which ranged from philosophy to literature, history to theatre, art to poetry, and from politics to sociology and psychoanalysis.

When I grew up and began looking at these walls lined with books, I took down a book to read. The next day the book had disappeared from my room and had been replaced with a new edition. My father’s copy had returned to its place on the shelf.

My father suffered if someone “touched” his books, and if my mother or I took something he didn’t say anything. He would run into the library to give us the book we wanted..."

(Extract from the full text.) 

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Year
2009
Author
Morganti Maria
Heading
The end
Format
Text
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Text by the Artist
Status Document
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"The End"; 2009, Cover
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"The End"; 2009, Extract