Argentina builds a tower of books

This is simply an audio and visual celebration of the

book – any book, all books, in whichever language you

like. Works by Jane Austen, Dickens, Henry Blake,

Ernest Hemingway, Cervantes, Varga Llosa, Tolstoy

and Argentina’s favorites, Borges and Sabato, line the

walls of this tower, each wrapped in plastic for its own

protection. The United Nations has designated the city

as the 2011 World Book Capital.

The book tower is 25 meters high and lined with

30,000 donations from more than 50 embassies. It will

be dismantled at the end of the month and the books

will form the beginning of a multi-lingual library.

The Buenos Aires Book Fair, one of the biggest in the

world, has just ended, recording more visitors than

ever before. The city boasts hundreds of bookshops

and some cafes even supply works by Argentina’s most

renowned library icon, Jorge Borges, to read over

coffee. Buenos Aires is a city that loves its books and

now it has a tower to prove it.



SCHWEIMLER, Daniel. BBC News. Disponível em: www.bbc.

co.uk/worldservice/ learningenglish/language/wordsinthene-

ws/2011/05/110516_witn_ buenosaires_books_page1.shtml.

Acesso em: 02 maio 2011.



De acordo com o texto,


A

a torre será desmontada no começo do mês e os livros doados à embaixada.

B

a torre será construída no final do mês e os livros serão encapados em plástico.

C

a torre será construída no final do mês e os livros formarão o início de uma biblioteca multilíngue.

D

a torre será construída no final do mês para abrigar o acervo de uma biblioteca multilíngue.

E

a torre será desmontada no final do mês e os livros serão encaminhados para uma biblioteca multidisciplinar.