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japple

(10,459 posts)
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 10:00 AM Oct 2021

The most brilliant bookshops in the world

https://www.ft.com/content/42bb3a0f-ba18-4dc7-ae8a-570fd989cbfc?utm

Very interesting and beautifully illustrated article about unique bookshops around the world.





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The most brilliant bookshops in the world (Original Post) japple Oct 2021 OP
Fabulous! hermetic Oct 2021 #1
The one in China looked like something from M C Escher. It is mind-blowing. japple Oct 2021 #2

hermetic

(8,968 posts)
1. Fabulous!
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 12:33 PM
Oct 2021

Such gorgeous places. That one in Sichuan, China really is surreal. And there's Powell's! I buy books from them, online. Shakespeare and Company, Paris, has won my heart. Wish I'd known about it when I was there, so many years ago.

I was disappointed they didn't have Coas Books in Las Cruces. New Mexico's largest independent bookstore, with more than 500,000 books in stock. They have new & used Books, CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, VHS, Audio Books, and Games. I know someone who lives right by there who loves it.



japple

(10,459 posts)
2. The one in China looked like something from M C Escher. It is mind-blowing.
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 04:33 PM
Oct 2021

I have only been to Powell's one time, but could have spent the whole week there. That NM bookstore sounds like a dreamy place to visit. Libraries, bookstores and cat shelters are my favorite places.

ETA: Oh, and then there's City Lights in SF, CA, which I have only visited one time. Could have spent quite a bit more time there, but my traveling companion wasn't much for literary stuff.

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