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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

I mean, I was personally affected by the fact that the whole second part of the book was,...

I mean, I was personally affected by the fact that the whole second part of the book was, "What does it mean to be in your 70s now?" And yet, he keeps on injecting these surreal elements

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I mean, I was personally affected
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by the fact that the whole second part of the book was,
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"What does it mean to be in your 70s now?"
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And yet, he keeps on injecting these surreal elements.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:03
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
So I think both characters were very sympathetic. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So I think both characters were very sympathetic.
They were real. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
They were real.
It was his imagination of Fermina that he loved. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It was his imagination of Fermina that he loved.
He only knew what he thought she was, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
He only knew what he thought she was,
And, I mean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And, I mean,
It was his imagination that sustained him, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
It was his imagination that sustained him,
He was in love with love, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
He was in love with love,
His imagination of her, about her - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
His imagination of her, about her
That and his constant promiscuous affairs, affairs, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
That and his constant promiscuous affairs, affairs,
Uh, so he was living in the world of illusion. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Uh, so he was living in the world of illusion.
I think that's one of the themes of the book, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I think that's one of the themes of the book,
The pursuit of love, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
The pursuit of love,
Both the city and the library tend - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Both the city and the library tend
So there's the IT G consideration - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So there's the IT G consideration
These are all you know, components of a larger strategy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
These are all you know, components of a larger strategy
If you tell that richer story, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
If you tell that richer story,
Can we help the city understand the richness - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Can we help the city understand the richness
Should we have personas for, like, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Should we have personas for, like,
What does an older adult need to know - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
What does an older adult need to know
What does a, right, um... in, in, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
What does a, right, um... in, in,