Burrocacao biography book

The Biblioburro The donkey library is a traveling library that distributes books to patrons from the backs of two donkeys , Alfa and Beto.

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Soriano became fascinated with reading as a child and obtained a college degree in Spanish literature after studying with a professor who visited his village twice a month. Starting in the late s, Soriano traveled to communities in Colombia's Caribbean Sea hinterlands with a portable library, which began with 70 books. The response created a flood of book donations and Soriano's collection soon expanded to 4, volumes.

As of November , a library building next to Soriano's house has been completed funded in part by donations from the public, and it opened as the first library in La Gloria. Children's adventure stories have remained one of the most popular items distributed by the Biblioburros. Books lost from the collection include a sex education manual and a copy of Laura Esquivel 's novel Like Water for Chocolate , both of which were not returned by borrowers.

A copy of Paulo Coelho 's novel Brida was stolen by bandits, who tied up Soriano after attempting to rob him and discovered he had no money. In June , Soriano had a leg amputated after an accident involving one of his burros, but as of January he continued, committed to his work. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

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