Your house, being the place in which you read, can tell us the position books occupy in your life, if they are a defense you set up to keep the outside world at a distance, if they are a dream into which you sink as if into a drug, or bridges you cast toward the outside, toward the world that interests you so much that you want to multiply and extend its dimensions through books.
In Italo Calvino's "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler," the significance of one's home reflects the role of books in an individual's life. A home can serve different purposes through literature; it may represent a shield against the world's chaos, indicating a desire for isolation. Alternatively, books can be a seductive escape, drawing you into vivid narratives akin to a drug-induced haze.
Moreover, books can act as conduits connecting you...
