A small booklet that should not be ignored is a book for connoisseurs, a very special book about book lovers and connoisseurs of literature. It will delight not only loyal collectors of printed books, who may be as addicted to them as the characters in the story, but also passionate readers and all those who sometimes let a book more or less fatefully mark our lives. In The Paper House, the fateful poetry collection by Emily Dickinson and the novel The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad are the same. The former is responsible for the death of Blume Lennon, a lecturer in Latin American literature at the University of Cambridge, who is run over by a car while she is reading. After her death, her former partner and colleague receives an old Conrad novel in her name, covered in cement fragments, which the deceased was studying. The book contains only her dedication to Carlos, and the only clue to where it came from is a stamp from Uruguay. The professor is so disturbed by the event and the fact that his friend has received the book that he sets out to find the sender. The journey, which is the theme of this journey into the world of books and book lovers, eventually leads him to the South American coast, where Carlos has built a house from his precious book collection. The story is distinguished by excellent language, and the book's appeal is also due to the wonderful illustrations by Peter Sis.