Le Figaro Magazine published recently an article about the Shakespeare & Company bookshop. It reminded me of my student times, when I studied English and German at the nearby Sorbonne and strolled down from time to time towards the Seine.
The bookshop has in fact nothing to do with the former "Shakespeare & Company" bookshop and library which was created right after 1st World War by Sylvia Beach in the Rue de l'Odéon, and which became famous as a meeting point for all literary expatriates in Paris in the 20s and 30s - and eventually as the publisher of Ulysses by James Joyce. The present one was created by an American traveller, George Whitman, who decided in the 50s to stay in Paris. But it has one thing in common with the former one: it is still the meeting point for English-speaking tourists, expatriates and writers (including Paul Auster), and it also has an extraordinary atmosphere of its own.
There is also an article about the bookstore on Wikipedia. You can even take a virtual tour! The official website presents the forthcoming events.
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