Faucher,
Kane X. The Infinite Library
(U.S.A.: Civil Coping Mechanisms, c2011) 510 p.
Faucher
has taken Borges' “The Library
of Babel” and expanded it into a novel. It starts with a scholar
studying at the Vatican Library being recruited by a man named
Castellemare to work in the infinite library. Castellemare calls
himself a librarian. The infinite library comprises all possible
books. Occasionally one of the books escapes into the real world and
must be retrieved.
The scholar considers
working for Castellemare.
“Yes,
I had considered becoming a librarian, but I love books too much to
merely be a functionary who must fight a losing battle of
maintaining order in a collection that constantly expands, and the
gruff disrespect of the patrons who would wrongly re-shelf at will.”
(p. 17).
The scholar explores the
infinite library on his own and eventually meets another librarian
named Jorge Luis Borges. He is friendly and explains the simple
library rules.
… don't
be disruptive, keep the books in order, no smoking or eating, and no
defacement. (p. 333).
There is an order of silent,
hooded figures called Devorants who study in the library.
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