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Carrión, Jorge, 1976-
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Carrión, Jorge, 1976-
Bookstores.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Books and reading.
Authors -- Books and reading.
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Bookshops : a reader's history /
Jorge
Carrión
; translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush.
by
Carrión
,
Jorge
,
1976-
Biblioasis, 2017.
Call #:
381.45002 C318b
Subjects
Bookstores.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Books and reading.
Authors -- Books and reading.
Series
Biblioasis international translation series ; no. 22.
ISBN:
9781771961745 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Librerías
. English.
Description:
296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Translation of:
Librerías
; translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296).
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.
Summary:
"
Jorge
Carrión
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,
Carrión
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.
Jorge
Carrión
is a writer and literary critic. He studied at the University of Pompeu Fabra, where he now teaches literature and creative writing."--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Bush, Peter R., 1946-
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