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Name of Shop: Shakespeare & Company
Shopping is never really high on my list when I'm traveling but I could not go to Paris without going to Shakespeare and Company! Today's bookstore is of course very different from the Shakespeare and Company store Sylvia Beach ran at 12 rue de l'Odeon, where the young Ernest Hemingway would borrow books and where James Joyce's "Ulysses" was published in 1922. The new Shakespeare and Company opened in 1951 and its first owner, George Whitman, did his very best to live up to the store's name and reputation by creating the right kind of atmosphere for book lovers from all around the world. Books signings are a common occurence in this store that is so full of books, they go from wall to wall to floor to ceiling!
What To Buy: English books are quite expensive in France (compared with Canada and the US), but there's a used books section located just outside the store where you can get really good books at a fairly decent price. All the books bought at Shakespeare and Company get their own "Kilometer Zero Paris" stamp inside!
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Theme: Books
Phone: 01 43 25 40 93
Address: 37 rue de la Bucherie
Directions: Located in the Quartier Latin, across the river from Notre-Dame.
Website: http://shakespeareco.org/
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