Possession in the Bookshop

Possession by A. S. Byatt

"Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other." - A.S. Byatt, Possession

 

The Divided Self in the Bookshop

The Divided Self by R D Laing

"It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful." - Vincent Van Gogh