Nearly 30 years after a dizzying sculpture fashioned from books was first installed at the Prague Municipal Library in the Czech Republic, literature lovers have turned the artwork into a viral fascination and unexpected tourism hotspot. Idiom, created by artist Matej Krén features roughly 8,000 books stacked into a tower. Mirrors placed on the top and bottom give the illusion of infinite length, and a raindrop-shaped entryway invites visitors to peek inside the wormhole, almost like they’re literally disappearing into a good book. The design is meant to symbolize the infinity of knowledge, with books being like bricks but containing much more information. To accommodate the crowds, the library recently turned one of its five entrances into a designated doorway for tourists. Officials are also weighing whether to charge a fee.
