{"id":83043,"date":"2018-03-18T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/reading-rooms-the-story-of-an-authors-house\/"},"modified":"2018-03-18T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T06:03:08","slug":"reading-rooms-the-story-of-an-authors-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/reading-rooms-the-story-of-an-authors-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading rooms: the story of an author\u2019s house"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJohn Boyne\u2019s home is now a colourful and peaceful retreat in the heart of DublinAny book lover would find it hard to leave John Boyne\u2019s home. One room is devoted to English literature, another to Irish and American books. On floor-to-ceiling shelves, fat trilogies, slender novellas and tall folios, ranked in alphabetical order, bring a benign presence to the Irish author\u2019s house.\u201cI love being surrounded by books. That old quote, \u2018Books do furnish a room\u2019 holds true \u2013 even the colour of a spine adds character,\u201d says Boyne, pausing to jam some more logs into the wood burner. \u201cWhen you work from home like me, it\u2019s important to feel safe and secure. Books are part of that.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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