A sad future lies ahead for those unwilling to read a book or unable to understand...
Customers buy a bag of books at an Amazon Books store in 2017 in New York. The online retailer is closing its physical bookstores.It’s a shame brick-and-mortar bookstores have been spiraling downward since the rise of e-books. Some predicted that as more people download books via electronic streaming, the decline would augur a reduction of brick-and-mortar bookstores.
Our neighbors to the south fare much better. Mexico City — with more than double the population of New York City — boasts about 1,400 bookstores. Roberto Bolaño, in his bestselling novel “The Savage Detectives,” recounts his weird adventures in Mexico’s many bookstores. Books about bookstores have always been popular, and people buy them because they love reading books.
This decline may be attributed to gaming, one of the most popular pastimes among kids, young adults and seniors. And this downward trend in reading has a corollary effect on cultural and civic participation because readers are more likely to volunteer at museums and do charity work, visit cultural happenings, attend performing arts events and flock to literary venues. But what is literary reading? Any reading of novels, short fiction, poetry or drama in print format, including on the internet.
A sad future lies ahead for those unwilling to read a book or unable to understand literary allusions. But all is not lost: Reading to children at night may be the next best thing since it triggers imagination and nostalgia about growing up for most adults — unless, of course, Alexa is your bedtime storyteller.
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