Talk of the Town: Much ado over a P27-M book

Comments on “Much ado over a P27-M book,” (Looking Back by Ambeth R. Ocampo, 2/18/26) via https://opinion.inquirer.net:

First edition with handwritten dedication by Rizal … of a novel written when he was financially and emotionally struggling .. emotionally as he was not receiving any letters from Leonora.

BeenThere

It’s nice to have money to buy a collector’s item. Like paying millions for the Nike shoes worn by Michael Jordan, or a Van

Gogh painting. I wonder what pleasure one gets in looking at a book in Spanish if he can’t read it or hasn’t read the novel in a translation he understands. Maybe the joy of ownership is enough for the buyer.

Jesus Clavo