{"id":5592,"date":"2010-09-16T13:58:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5592"},"modified":"2010-09-16T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T17:58:12","slug":"ill-have-the-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ill-have-the-bordeaux","title":{"rendered":"I’ll have the Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years ago, I wrote about Montaigne’s library tower<\/a>, which he describes in one of my favorite essays, Of Three Kinds of Association<\/em>. I keep a vision of that room in mind anytime I think about knocking down our house and rebuilding, although I’m pretty sure local zoning laws won’t permit a tower like the one in Bordeaux. The place has been a sort of Library of Babel to me, the non-existent room that holds everything I can’t wait to read.<\/p>\n

Imagine my surprise when I found out the tower is still standing and open to tours<\/a>! Looks like I know where my next overseas vacation will be! (It’ll likely be a better trip than the one I wanted to take to the isle of Jura to see Orwell’s last home.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two years ago, I wrote about Montaigne’s library tower, which he describes in one of my favorite essays, Of Three Kinds of Association. I keep a vision of that room in mind anytime I think about knocking down our house and rebuilding, although I’m pretty sure local zoning laws won’t permit a tower like the … <\/p>\n

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