Ellen
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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.'Edgar Degas'
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Post by Ellen on Jul 23, 2008 7:26:12 GMT -5
Can anyone give me easy directions to find this place. I searched last year while there, had intended just to have a quick browse inside.
This year, however I will have my husband with me and he's a lover of old books. he's more into books than I am into art. So I thought this year I'd defintily try and find this shop as Ive heard its a treat instore for avid readers.
All I knew last year was that it is on the left bank, down from Notre Dame. I couldnt find it though, but I had no actual address. So if someone could give me a street name I might be able to look it up on google earth.Or easy directions would be appreciated like, 'if you pass such and such then you're on the right street' thanks guys.
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Post by Jody on Jul 23, 2008 7:33:32 GMT -5
It's on rue Bucherie, but can be seen from the quai de Montebello along the Seine. It sits back a bit from the quai. It's just after you pass Sq Viviani and St Julien le Pauvre church.
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 23, 2008 8:04:10 GMT -5
ell69, I might recommend your husband pick up a book called Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer.
It's about a Canadian writer, on the run from thugs, who ends up in Paris and specifically at Shakespeare and Co. It''s a marvelous book which includes a bit of history about the store. A fun read.
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Post by andi on Jul 23, 2008 8:33:44 GMT -5
And here is what you are looking for.............just incase ;D   |
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 23, 2008 10:22:37 GMT -5
If you walk upriver along the Seine, on the left bank across from Notre Dame, you can't miss it (set back just a bit from the street, with a small plaza in front).
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keylimejet
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"When good Americans die, they go to Paris." Oscar Wilde
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Post by keylimejet on Jul 23, 2008 13:01:20 GMT -5
Also, elle, if you buy books there, make sure you get them stamped. Sometimes they forget if you don't ask. The stamp, which goes on the title page, says, "Shakespeare and Company, Kilometer Zero, Paris." They make great souvenirs and gifts.
I love this bookstore - it's so crooked and quirky and overflowing inside. It looks like something from the 1920's.
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 23, 2008 13:26:10 GMT -5
I agree, KLJ. I've always thought I could live there and be happy.
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Post by Anne on Jul 27, 2008 8:46:15 GMT -5
Could someone explain to me what is so special about Shakespeare & Co ? I mean, why are you guys so keen on visiting an English-language bookshop while in Paris, and then you have to drag those books that you bought back home  |
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Post by GitteK on Jul 27, 2008 9:01:28 GMT -5
Anne - I have been thinking that also, but never dared ask....... It is perhaps mostly famous for bearing the same name as Sylvia Beach's shop in Rue de l'Odéon from the Grand Old Days in the 20'ties and 30'ties, when Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Joyce, Pound and Stein used to come by. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Beach |
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 27, 2008 23:12:00 GMT -5
Anne, I was always fond of it because they have a shop in Berkeley (in California) where I lived until about six months ago - I mean, who knew?
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 28, 2008 6:37:44 GMT -5
I can never walk past a book store. Any book store. That's the attraction for me. Plus, after closer inspection, they generally have books that are harder to find in the US. Or maybe they have them sooner, I don't know.
I know that in December, I bought a copy of Sarah's Key, and it wasn't available in the US for about three more months. Good read, by the way.
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 28, 2008 10:34:17 GMT -5
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Post by afds on Jul 28, 2008 14:30:49 GMT -5
I didn't know about this bookstore, but W.H.Smith was being picketed by striking employees when we were there. They seemed quite belligerent too.
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hahahha