Fascinating stories behind a library fetish

May 7, 2016 was not another day for the Buenos Aires Book Fair. Those who came this Saturday to La Rural, Palermo, were surprised by the long line of readers waiting to enter. Although this was usual on the weekends, at that time, the queue was going around the block and the average age of the readers was not to exceed 11 years. With a book printed in one hand and a selfie in another, they queued for hours to enter the Fair and, if they were lucky, take an autographed copy by Germán Garmendia, the youtuber many Argentines, only to the raging fury, they heard that day speak for the first time. For its thousands of followers, however, it was not a surprise. But for all, that day was above all the confirmation of the unexpected link that continued to unite young people to the world of the book and the fascination of a new generation for the old bad of all readers: a handwritten dedication by its author favorite that transforms any copy into a unique, personal and valuable book.

When there are only a few hours left before the inauguration of a new edition of

International Book Fair

today we are posing the look of LA NACION
magazine in the desired universe of these treasures of letters and letters: the trophy which, year after year, mobilizes the readers so that they meet the authors in order to specify a rite which transcends the pages. What would be the fair without this fugitive, but personal, almost intimate contact, which becomes possible between the smell of the leaves?

This object of desire that will last forever in the libraries that it has enriched has aroused, all over the world, curiosities and anecdotes that Silvina Dell & Isola evokes in this edition. This reminds us, among other stories, that the sentence attributed to

Borges

: "I have signed so many copies that the day of my death will have great value that does not bear my signature." Although this is not the case for the lucky ones who cherish in their books some engraved by the fragile signature of Borges – who a year before dying settled in a park of Madrid to personalize with his signature more than three hundred copies of
The conspiratorsIt is true that the most prominent authors often exhaust their pulse to satisfy the desire of their readers. Even in some countries, it is common to find in bookstores tables offering only copies autographed by their authors. This manuscript detail makes the difference for readers. When the company also accompanies a dedication, it can also feed some of the most fascinating stories in the literature.