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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Yes, he screwed all these women in both figurative and literal sense, but he loved...

Yes, he screwed all these women in both figurative and literal sense, but he loved Fermina, and he would have done anything for her, and I think this is proven throughout the book

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Yes, he screwed all these women
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in both figurative and literal sense,
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but he loved Fermina,
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and he would have done anything for her,
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and I think this is proven throughout the book.
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18 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
01:42:52
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Also, he was devastated - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Also, he was devastated
Right. As we all were, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Right. As we all were,
He went into the stateroom - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
He went into the stateroom
He was a human being, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
He was a human being,
It was surreal in many respects, magical realism, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
It was surreal in many respects, magical realism,
I felt it so perceptive about what it means to be married, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
I felt it so perceptive about what it means to be married,
I mean, I was personally affected - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
I mean, I was personally affected
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