title: The Pleasures of Bibliophily: Fifty Years of "The Book Collector" : An Anthology
author: A.S.G. Edwards
description: The keen desire for fine books, researched, edited and celebrated for their intrinsic artistic and emotional value should never die. The Book serenely considers the future, not only as a simple source of knowledge or an embodiment of a certain lifestyle but as the lifestyle itself.
zlib_text: ### Annotation
  
  
  **NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by _Washington Post_ , BEST BOOKS OF THE
  YEAR: _Kirkus Reviews_ , NPR, _Men's Journal_**
  
  
  A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of
  _The Hummingbird's Daughter_ and _The Devil's Highway_.
  
  
  From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection
  that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called
  "wickedly good" ( _Kansas City Star_ ), "cinematic and charged" ( _Cleveland
  Plain Dealer)_ , and "studded with delights" ( _Chicago Tribune)_. Examining
  the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another,
  Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the
  Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many
  Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not
  once but twice.
  
  
  Suffused with wanderlust, compassion, and no small amount of rock and roll,
  THE WATER MUSEUM is