Book lovers, would you climb a mountain just to get your hands on your favourite novel? This man seems to think so. Over the past three years, 57-year-old self-styled poet, Jiang Libo has spent 800,000 yuan (S$153,000) to build Millstone Bookstore, which houses a collection of 7,000 mostly literary books, reported the South China Morning Post. The two-storey bookstore is...
This man seems to think so.57-year-old self-styled poet, Jiang Libo has spent 800,000 yuan to build Millstone BookstoreThe two-storey bookstore is located atop a mountain in Zhejiang, China, and is built in the shape of the number seven.
"Before my bookshop was built, the closest bookshop or library to this village was in a town about 30 km away," Jiang said.
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