{"id":1618,"date":"2015-08-28T13:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T17:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricliterature.com\/garbage-collector-rescues-discarded-books-for-children\/"},"modified":"2019-03-20T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:56:19","slug":"garbage-collector-rescues-discarded-books-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricliterature.com\/garbage-collector-rescues-discarded-books-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Garbage Collector Rescues Discarded Books for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of the 19 public libraries in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, all are located far from the poorer regions of the city, thus restricting many people\u2019s access to\u00a0books.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, 53-year-old garbage collector Jose Gutierrez is working hard to ensure that children everywhere are exposed to the joy of reading. As <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/colombian-garbage-collector-rescues-books-children-33321306\"><em>ABC News<\/em> reports,<\/a> Gutierrez began \u201crescuing books from the trash almost 20 years ago, when he was driving a garbage truck at night through the capital\u2019s wealthier neighborhoods.\u201d Due to the shockingly large number of abandoned books, Gutierrez was able to create a \u201cmakeshift community library stacked\u2026with some 20,000 books\u201d in his own\u00a0home.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez champions the power of books, regarding them as \u201cluxuries\u201d for children in poverty-stricken areas. He recalls how his mother, despite being unable to keep him in school past the second grade, still endeavored to read him stories every night during his childhood. Gutierrez therefore refers to books as our \u201csalvation,\u201d which I certainly can\u2019t disagree with. His favorite books include <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/em> and <em>The General in his Labyrinth, <\/em>written by fellow Colombian and Nobel-Prize winning novelist Gabriel Garc\u00eda\u00a0M\u00e1rquez.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez is known as \u201cLord of the Books\u201d in Colombia, and due to his fame he frequently receives book donations. I can\u2019t help but wish we had an American equivalent of \u201cLord of the Books,\u201d especially considering the existence of its antithesis: the \u201cLiterary Litterbug,\u201d a Colorado man recently found guilty for <a href=\"http:\/\/electricliterature.com\/literary-litterbug-pleads-guilty-to-tossing-books-from-vehicle\/\">tossing unwanted books out of his vehicle<\/a>. Gutierrez could have undoubtedly offered those novels a home in his library. If\u00a0only!<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/butTnL\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/700\/1*IR3Edzj3yQ2AgDogs9L22g@2x.png\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the 19 public libraries in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, all are located far from the poorer regions of the city, thus restricting many people\u2019s access to\u00a0books. Thankfully, 53-year-old garbage collector Jose Gutierrez is working hard to ensure that children everywhere are exposed to the joy of reading. 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