My home could be less crowded

Of course, the real reader has no need to surround himself with books, W. says. The real reader lends them to others with no thought of them being returned. What need has he for a library of books? He prefers to be alone with only the most essential works, like Beckett with his Dante, in his room at the old folks’ home. Beckett with his Dante, and cricket on the TV.

From Lars Iyer’s Dogma