The smell of books

Some books are light and some are heavy, one book follows another, a book replaces the other, in the same way they are placed on library shelves. They are old books, writings whose mysteries are not deciphered, like extinct first editions. Books that are easy to burn, and difficult to consume. They capture the ideas we share, both serious and fleeting, apparent and hidden. Jean-Luc Nancy. From a book about books and libraries 2009. The true knights' duty is to draw their swords of war, and look with horror because they know they will die when their enemies throw fire and iron at them. A battle called by a film produced in 1936 (where the fighting was led by an English officer played by actor Errol Flynn) the Battle of the Six Hundred, do you remember it? Balaklava, October 25, 1854, in Crimea (an English, French, and Turkish alliance against the Russian Empire). Light Brigade knights attacked Russian troops who were protected by artillery in front of them. Knights ran two kilometers in a battle, called by an English poet "The Valley of Death." (Alfred Tennyson. Translator) This is what you are about to "look at" and read in the following pages. A war gathering knights armed with swords, alongside soldiers with better status and equipment in battle. You will admire those knights, knight by knight; their elegance, bravery, and heroism. But here (in this battle,) they are fragile creatures, made of paper, occupying a small height and width on the desktop, and they are not lacking in courage or daring. They are books and booklets from the twentieth century, wrapped in thin or thick paper covers, each consisting of a few pages or printed flyers from both sides. Few and thin, just like the pages of this book you are about to read. You will find books attacking digital artillery fires, and a host of free pages emerging from clicks on your electronic tablet or computer, a beautiful and ugly environment in today’s communication world, Facebook, and Instagram.