A Story Within a Book

There's a different space that can be found inside of shared books. Whether it's a library book or one picked up used, there are often echoes of the people who have read it before you. This can be interesting, a conversation across time and space. Or, it can be wildly distracting if someone has gone wild with a highlighter. And then, there's the instance where you find a whole different narrative, a story within a book.

That's what this post is about. A narrative within a library book. The book is Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul, copyright 1965. Also critical is that this library book is part of Los Angeles County Public Library and Compton Library collection. Why that is useful information will become obvious.

Regardless, while I'm not a proponent of defacing library books this feels like a message in a bottle. A voice speaking out whether or not anyone is listening, but no doubt, hoping.

 

Reading through the comments, it appears that they were made in the mid eighties. I am not critiquing the comments or the book, but merely sharing this message in a bottle.