Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, Blk and Wht

by Liesl Walsh

Title

Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, Blk and Wht

Artist

Liesl Walsh

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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This image shows the 2nd bookstore in Paris named Shakespeare and Company. It is located on the Left Bank in the 5th arrondissement near the Seine River, Notre Dame, and Il de la Cite. Opened in 1951 it still houses aspiring writers and artists in exchange for helping out at the bookstore. Entering this store was like walking through time, the beds are still tucked inbetween the bookshelves and tables are topped with old typewriters. An old room full of bookshelves upstairs has a window that opens to the view of the Seine and Notre Dame. A sign inside the store reads, "Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise." Outside the front of this store you can see an intricately sculpted fountain which is one of many throughout the city of Paris. This store was named after the first store which opened in 1919 in the 6th arrondissement by Sylvia Beach. In the 1920's this first store was a gathering place for aspiring writers such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitgerald.

You can read about our adventure in Europe in my husband's book, "Vagabonds in France", by Michael A. Barry. Come with us as we lose our home, put everything in storage, and navigate through Europe for a few months with no return date or home to come back to. Sail across the Atlantic, dodge pickpockets, climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, endure nasty weather and illness, witness the flood of the century, and meet some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with us as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty house we'd never seen before. The book with its 75 illustrations is available in both paperback and Kindle on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCUNSEK .

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