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Are we still accustomed to reading under the beach umbrella or stowing the book among the junk in the cellar, while we indulge in the myriad of offers on our phones?<\/strong> I’ll continue with another question: is it more relaxing to flip through the pages of a book and perhaps fall asleep under the beach umbrella, or to scroll up and down social media, replacing a nap with constant wakefulness stimulated by the music accompanying posts?<\/p>\n

I believe there are no definitive answers; or rather, the answers are entirely subjective and depend on age, upbringing, and the way each person chooses to entertain themselves during their free time. Personally, I try to stay away from electronic devices. Perhaps, having abused them during the work months, I prefer to return to the old, healthy habits of isolating myself from any form of distraction other than the chirping of birds or the sound of a summer storm. Books are part of my cultural baggage: going on vacation without a book is a bit like climbing a mountain barefoot. During vacation, a book is a faithful companion; it’s a window into an imaginary world, a non-place where characters, over the course of the story, become friends, antagonists, lovers, children, or grandchildren.<\/p>\n

A book opens a door to a parallel world: when I’m homesick for Paris, I pick up “Bel-Ami<\/strong>” and stroll the streets with Georges Duroy, imagining I’m Madeleine Forestier, the most cultured woman of the Third Empire. And if I feel like adventure, I pick up old Jules Verne and descend 20,000 leagues under the sea, drawn and frightened by sea monsters, fantastical seabeds, coral gardens, and sunken shipwrecks.<\/p>\n

Finally, if I want to explore the Orient through the eyes of a special journalist, I turn to Tiziano Terzani. I identify with him and lose myself in the enchanting and merciless world of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and India. I follow his reasoning, try to understand the nature of those places, and strive to experience the civilizations of places I’ve visited briefly, places of which I retain a nostalgic, bittersweet memory.<\/p>\n

I close with the usual question: could a smartphone replace these emotions<\/strong>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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