Upstairs in the Guille-Alles Library

And so it’s a good reason to explain about Tsundoku.

This phenomenon was given a term in Japan in the 19th century: tsundoku. Or, in other words, the habit of collecting books without ever reading them, albeit with the intention of doing so. “I like to see them stacked up. One on top of the other, next to each other, sharing that space”.