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Through his holding company Inversora de Carso, the billionaire also controls real estate developer Realia.

The scrutiny Plath trains on groundhogs, quahogs, bicycles, snowstorms, and other small-bore realia is also brought to bear on her conflicting ideas of what it means to be a writer, a wife, a daughter, and a mother.

The library categorizes these items as “Realia”—objects from everyday life.

Such equipment and realia aren’t new to libraries.

The purchase is ahead of a full takeover offer by Slim for Realia.