((Reading is a showdown with death, an attempt to cheat it. By doing so, a man – that kind of flowing creature – protrudes beyond the boundaries of time. Through reading, one can cure his soul or become a ‘sophisticated fugitive’ (after Nietzsche) that briefly lets himself become someone else. While reading the late authors or about the past things, one becomes a resurrector (as Michelet said) who brings back to life the voices of those long gone. By reading, one becomes a savior (after Agamben) who shields his life from the mundane routine and fills the present with sense and depth. Through reading, one becomes (omni)scient. Is this not a man’s attempt to become godlike?))