bookshelf tour (de force)

[@vaporreads5095]

You and Paperbird have some of the most interesting collections and tastes here on youtube, and I'm always finding new stuff to read thanks to you guys. Thanks!

[@vaporreads5095]

Coincidentally, I've been reading some essays by Valeria Luiselli and as I mentioned it to a book seller at a store he recommended Vila-matas, and I've heard of him because Roberto Bolaño was good friends with him, so I guess all signs point to I should really read Vila-Matas soon.

[@Orpheuslament]

VaporReads - Paperbird does have really good taste, I've found some of my favorite authors through his videos. I really like all that I've read of Vila-Matas but I enjoyed Bartleby & Co. the most, which was also the first of his I read. Btw you should make more vids too :)

[@jintsfan]

Have to say I’m impressed, at both the topics and the condition of your collection. Good to see an American appreciating British literature.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Great tour! Lots of overlap in our collections-but plenty of new recommendations from you. I’m thinking of doing a tour sometime soon.

[@Orpheuslament]

Just saw one of your videos, you have an interesting collection worth a tour. You should make more videos too.

[@PaperBird]

Great tour! That was like going to an awesome bookstore :)

[@Késin_10.136]

I love your channel Paperbird!! Keep up the good work. 🙂✌️

[@leadbellymidnightangel]

I watched your more recent bookshelf tour but wanted more and came to this one and can't thank you enough for taking the time to do these. I really enjoy how you just read anything whether critically perceived as good or bad and aren't snobbish in any way about the books you read.

[@mementomoriadam]

I am usually not big on bookshelf tours but this was a great watch. Thank you for sharing your library.

[@Orpheuslament]

mementomori - thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@Sinnerd]

listening to you made me recover from a high. thank you for your calmness.

[@Orpheuslament]

I'm glad I could help in some small way. Thanks for the kind words.

[@gmcenroe]

You have an interesting collection that gives me some new reading ideas outside of the usual library collections I have seen on youtube. Thanks!

[@noseonscent1935]

Absolutely stunning cachet of world class books. Bravo. Thanks for inspiring.

[@saintonfire77]

I also enjoy the poetry of Cesar Vallejo. I enjoyed this video.

[@alexjohnson9798]

Holy shit you have 'The Journal of Albion Moonlight'! I've never heard of anyone else reading that book. Its amazing.

[@-diogenesthecynic-]

First time I’ve seen Raduan Nassar on one of these kind of videos, I love his stuff so much. Great video.

[@ant-soul]

I really enjoyed the tour. I've watched it twice now.

[@JR-wp1qz]

Wonderful video, some really nice editions and obscurities.

[@Orpheuslament]

J Rone - thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@Amysdustybookshelf]

I always enjoy a good bookshelf tour. There are so many things on your shelf I've never heard of.

[@michaelcrofford8657]

Great video - serves as inspiration for my Christmas list. Hope you’ve replaced the ones damaged by the fire.

[@juanitou16]

Impressive collection! I'm most envious of your poetry collection; so much great stuff. Did you find out about Pitol through Luiselli too? Matas is great, I agree. Luiselli's husband, Alvaro Enrigue, is a great writer too; his style is very borgesian as well. I only have one poetry collection of Pessoa; I'm trying to read more of him. New Directions is releasing a reprint of The Book of Disquiet in a beautiful hardcover(for only $16.48!) that looks so tempting rn. Contemporary fiction in translation is the best right now. I recently read Compass by Mathias Enard and I thought about you; It's about a bunch of scholars who are into the orient, classical music, obscure poets, Pessoa, Kafka, etc. I found my self googling a lot of the references. I would recommend it you are trying to read some contemporary. Good luck with school!

[@Orpheuslament]

ilovepizza - I did find out about Pitol from Luiselli, I need to send her a thank you card. I have listened to Enrigue's bookworm interviews and he is a really funny guy but I haven't read his stuff yet. I have kept Enard in the corner of my eye but Compass does seem like something I would enjoy a lot. I just wish I could find a damn American author that isn't almost dead.

[@marinamaccagni5253]

Pavese is another italian classic. Doblin is astonishing!

[@marinamaccagni5253]

I've seen a book of Frederick Rolfe! Vila matas is one of my faves especially dublinesque. I've seen anne sexton but not sylvia plath. Leopardi for me that I'm italian is a classic that i read for 8 years in school. Under the volcano is awesome. The tropics by miller are amazing.

[@Orpheuslament]

I've been looking into Italian Literature quite a bit lately, do you have any Italian favorites in particular? Also, have you read Antonio Moresco?

[@cometcourse381]

Damn, this an excellent collection you've got.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Just ordered Tehano. Thanks!

[@changaduranga3259]

ah, hermann broch - very good! peter weiss - just great!

[@izzarithsufiya5945]

I’m so late to this haha ! What a nice collection !

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Looks great; quality over quantity!

[@anasyder1223]

Hey there, i adored your collection! If you are interested in portuguese poetry or literature i recommend reading Fernado Pessoa's poetry and then reading Saramago's the year of Ricardo Reis' death (im not sure if thats the english translation's name btw). Ricardo Reis is one of the pen names Pessoa went by and he would create whole lives for them, and the only one whose year of death was established was Ricardo Reis. Saramago picked up on that and wrote this book, in portuguese it's O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis. Its a really interesting sequence of works to read so i definitely recommend trying it!

[@VikMaslyak]

I'm so glad to see you did this. Our tastes match up so much. I wish I could sit with you and pick your brain. I will be going back to this video to get some more recomendations. Thank you good sir.

[@elment-8274]

So many choice titles. The dilemma of collecting ahead, projected reading, maintenance of possessions. The diaries of Harry Crosby are frightening but groomed to near perfection. He's underrated as a poet and overrated as a murderer/suicide. Heliocentric inebriate. Hash eater. When his uncle Walter Berry died Crosby inherited Berry's library and was known to slip expensive rare editions into the discount racks of Paris bookstalls. I'm sure, as aficionados, we all love Crane's Cloud Juggler tribute poem. "[S]uns within suns, and cataracts of gold." - May 24, 1922

[@elment-8274]

Also, Crosby is a very distant cousin - from the same Dutch stock - of Herman Melville.

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Did Harry Crosby run Black Sun Press

[@VentraleStar]

A very good collection! I can't really focus on anything because of the fact that I have to gush everytime I see someone recognize Leopardi's notebook was translated into English. Still it's disappointing English-language publishing is making stupid decisions in regards to translations, it's even reached the University publishers. Couldn't somebody take the paycheck cut to get the book into at least two volumes? Nonetheless that's the kind of miracle one doesn't question. Also I wish my dad would draw me literary portraits. Can we share him? Thanks for sharing it was great to see the camera moving ;)

[@juliuscaesar7984]

Wow Sienkiewicz. You should check out his "Trilogy". Greetings from Poland

[@esantarsiero]

That thing about Salinas "little deaths" caught my attention: do you know where can I read more about that? Is there a book with is actual letters talking about that? I'm super interested.

[@Orpheuslament]

It was actually Gilberto Owen - you can read about in Valeria Luiselli's Faces in the Crowd or in Spanish you can find Owen's Obras which includes all of his works

[@yobyhenthorn7813]

As if my library wasn’t large enough, and my three pile grows by the week, you not only have my favorites but ones I’ve never heard of. Are you a muse or a demon? Daemon of the reading mind?

[@OttoIncandenza]

How did you like a dance to the song of time?

[@chihabreda6681]

I envy you for u have all the books that I need.

[@gurkepro]

Great taste especially for the german literature you own. Although it seems strange that you have nothing by Thomas Mann (Maybe i just missed it)

[@Orpheuslament]

gurkepro - I would have to say only second to English language literature, I like german language stuff the most. So many good poets and novelists. I do have The Magic Mountain by Mann, I have taken a break from him after reading several of his short stories and novellas and not caring for them, but his Felix Krull and Doktor Faustus look like perfect books for me, just haven't gotten around to them yet.

[@graybow2255]

Impressive collection! Beats all those pretentious booktubers.

[@milfredcummings717]

Sterne and Diderot side by side

[@leonorortizcotes9765]

Yes

[@unclediggie6559]

Greetings long lost identical twin brother.

[@Orpheuslament]

nice beard btw

[@unclediggie6559]

@@Orpheuslament you too

[@julianblower6330]

where da heck you get the moolah for this

[@Orpheuslament]

if you are careful you can get most of these very cheaply, and I don't spend money on anything else

[@julianblower6330]

@@Orpheuslament fair enough. nice hoard bro

[@OttoIncandenza]

What’s your podcast?

[@Orpheuslament]

A Tale Told By An Idiot, I have a playlist of it

[@dorothysatterfield3699]

Have you seen the prices being asked for Darconville's Cat? Hold on to it -- it might finance your retirement.

[@marinamaccagni5253]

A naked singularity! I've got it but i didn't appreciate it.

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Tristan Tzara!