The NYT has an excellent story about Columbia’s self-appointed people’s librarian, Luis Soriano, and his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto:
"I started out with 70 books, and now I have a collection of more than 4,800," said Mr. Soriano, 36, a primary school teacher who lives in a small house here with his wife and three children, with books piled to the ceilings.
"This began as a necessity; then it became an obligation; and after that a custom," he explained, squinting at the hills undulating into the horizon. "Now," he said, "it is an institution."
Viva la biblioburro!
Very good to see that this story had finally been picked up in the U.S. We in Colombia delight in seeing the adds for the documentary on tv.