Bibliograph

Bookshops, a reader's history, Jorge CarriÃ³n ; translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush

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Bookshops, a reader's history, Jorge CarriÃ³n ; translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bookshops

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jorge CarriÃ³n ; translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush

Series statement

Biblioasis international translation series, 22

Sub title

a reader's history

Summary

"Jorge CarriÃ³n collects bookshops: from Gotham Book Mart and the Strand Bookstore in New York City to City Lights Bookshop and Green Apple Books in San Francisco and all the bright spots in between (Prairie Lights, Tattered Cover, and countless others). In this thought-provoking, vivid, and entertaining essay, CarriÃ³n meditates on the importance of the bookshop as a cultural and intellectual space. Filled with anecdotes from the histories of some of the famous (and not-so-famous) shops he visits on his travels, thoughtful considerations of challenges faced by bookstores, and fascinating digressions on their political and social impact, Bookshops is both a manifesto and a love letter to these spaces that transform readers' lives."--

Table Of Contents

Introduction inspired by a Stefan Zweig short story -- Always a journey -- Athens: a possible beginning -- The oldest bookshops in the world -- Shakespeare and companies -- Bookshops fated to be political -- An oriental bookshop -- America (I): "coast to coast" -- America (II): from north to south -- Paris without its myths -- Book chains -- Books and bookshops at the end of the world -- The show must go on -- Everyday bookshops -- Epilogue: Virtual bookshops

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