6/11 p4

heidegger is important but do any of his ‘books’ belong on the list —
what is a book — a text — are collections or selections ‘a book’
what would make a book better or worse — leaving things out?
interest at different times —

situations (situationism) come to mind — architecture
the telephone book what part does design - shape etc play

butor — the ‘issue’ of translation
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anyone — any list of people can only know a fragment of the ‘great’ books (collections of great books) — (this should go near the beginning —)
memory has to play a part — i remember liking some books but not enough to ‘rank’ them <?> — to compare them to what i’ve read more recently or thought about more recently
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diaries — what is a book —
most diaries are selections — do the selection make the book — would different selections or expurgations make a better or worse book —

what are the edges of the text — the margins

on the edges or margins of fiction

sebald butor burroughs

what about art books or photography books — (relate to diaries & selections) — can a monograph or selection of works be a ‘great book’ — should one - could one say /write ‘made’ ‘written’ — a great collection of photographs with some text — ?
saying/writing this wouldn’t be a great book without the text — or without the illustrations

is art non fiction —

(i’ve extended to book and not non-fiction (another margin or edge))
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are some of the books on my shelves among the 100 best — how would i know — how do/does the writer[s] / author[s] (always question authority) know that they haven’t left something out because they haven’t read it —
can something that’s almost never read be on the list —
what difference will a different time-frame make — what will be forgotten — and by whom — what will be (what’s the word — ‘brought back’)

<a list of books from a quick browse of my shelves>