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Quote by Marcel Proust

“In reading, friendship is brought back to its original purity. There is no false amiability with books. If we spend the evening with these friends, it is because we genuinely want to.”

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Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a French novelist renowned for his magnum opus, 'In Search of Lost Time'. This novel is considered a classic of 20th-century literature, known for its intricate psychological portrayals and profound exploration of memory. more

“He learns that the form, in its current form, was originally called a formulary, and was invented by an Englishman named Charles Babbage, the same man who invented both an early kind of computer and the cow catcher, a device attached to the front of locomotives to clear debris from train tracks. He learns that Babbage once wrote to Alfred Tennyson to correct two lines from one of Tennyson's poems, which Babbage felt lacked scientific accuracy. This, thinks Jonas, tells you everything you need to know about both the man and the invention of forms.”

Alfred Tennyson Charles Babbage

Book:The Book of Jonas

Source: The Book of Jonas

“Había estado afiliado siete años al Partido Comunista, del que me fui asqueado en 1938, pero aún mantenía ciertas ilusiones sobre la Rusia soviética y «la solidaridad internacional de las clases obreras como mejor garantía para la paz», que se reflejan a lo largo del libro.”

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Book:Escoria de la Tierra

Source: Escoria de la Tierra

“El libro aporta la información más completa y detallada que se ha publicado hasta ahora de Montserrat en su doble dimensión de monasterio y santuario. Tras siete años de investigación en el interior de la comunidad monástica, el autor recoge información desconocida de la vida diaria de los monjes y documentos inéditos del patrimonio cultural del Museo y la Biblioteca, la gestión del santuario y la situación económica y financiera de Montserrat.”

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Book:Montserrat detrás de la fachada

Source: Montserrat detrás de la fachada