Browse
The World in Bookshops
London : Pushkin Press, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 253 pages ; 21 cm
A celebration of the greatest kind of shop in the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including Ali Smith, Michael Dirda, Elif Shafak and Daniel Kehlmann.
A cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magic. In Browse , Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and place. These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell. Contributors include Alaa Al Aswany, Stefano Benni, Michael Dirda, Daniel Kehlmann, Andrey Kurkov, Yiyun Li, Pankaj Mishra, Dorthe Nors, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Elif Shafak, Ian Sansom, Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, Sasa Stanisic, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.
A dazzling collection of original essays about the bookshop by fifteen bestselling international authors.
A cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magic. In Browse , Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and place. These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell. Contributors include Alaa Al Aswany, Stefano Benni, Michael Dirda, Daniel Kehlmann, Andrey Kurkov, Yiyun Li, Pankaj Mishra, Dorthe Nors, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Elif Shafak, Ian Sansom, Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, Sasa Stanisic, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez.
A dazzling collection of original essays about the bookshop by fifteen bestselling international authors.
Contents:
Introduction : a place to pause / Henry Hitchings -- Bookshop time / Ali Smith -- Something that doesn't exist / Andrey Kurkov -- The pillars of Hercules / Ian Sansom -- A tale of two bookshops / Juan Gabriel Vásquez -- Leitner and I / Saša Stanišić -- All that offers a happy ending is a fairy tale / Yiyun Li -- If you wound a snake ... / Alla Al Aswany -- Desiderium : the accidental bookshop of Nairobi / Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor -- Snow day / Michael Dirda -- Dussmann : a conversation / Daniel Kehlmann -- La Palmaverde / Stefano Benni -- A bookshop in the age of progress / Pankaj Mishra -- Intimacy / Dorthe Nors -- Bohemia Road / Iain Sinclair -- My homeland is storyland / Elif Shafak -- Writers' biographies -- Translators' biographies.
ISBN:
9781782272120
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