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Time Was Soft There : A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare and Co by Jeremy Mercer (2005, Hardcover)

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" Some bookstores are filled with stories both inside and outside the bindings. These are places of sanctuary, even redemption---and Jeremy Mercer has found both amid the stacks of Shakespeare & Co." ---Paul Collins, author of "Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books" In a small square on the left bank of the Seine, the door to a green-fronted bookshop beckoned. . . . With gangsters on his tail and his meager savings in hand, crime reporter Jeremy Mercer fled Canada in 1999 and ended up in Paris. Broke and almost homeless, he found himself invited to a tea party amongst the riffraff of the timeless Left Bank fantasy known as Shakespeare & Co. In its present incarnation, Shakespeare & Co. has become a destination for writers and readers the world over, trying to reclaim the lost world of literary Paris in the 1920s. Having been inspired by Sylvia Beach' s original store, the present owner, George Whitman, invites writers who are down and out in Paris to live and dream amid the bookshelves in return for work. Jeremy Mercer tumbled into this literary rabbit hole and found a life of camaraderie with the other eccentric residents, and became, for a time, George Whitman' s confidante and right-hand man. "Time Was Soft There" is one of the great stories of bohemian Paris and recalls the work of many writers who were bewitched by the City of Light in their youth. Jeremy' s comrades include Simon, the eccentric British poet who refuses to give up his bed in the antiquarian book room, beautiful blonde Pia, who contributes the elegant spirit of Parisian couture to the store, the handsome American Kurt, who flirts with beautiful womenlooking for copies of "Tropic of Cancer," and George himself, the man who holds the key to it all. As "Time Was Soft There" winds in and around the streets of Paris, the staff fall in and out of love, straighten bookshelves, host tea parties, drink in the more down-at-the-heels cafe s, sell a few books, and help George find a way to keep his endangered bookstore open. Spend a few days with Jeremy Mercer at 37 Rue de la Bucherie, and discover the bohemian world of Paris that still bustles in the shadow of Notre Dame. " Jeremy Mercer has captured Shakespeare & Co. and its complicated owner, George Whitman, with remarkable insight. "Time Was Soft There" is a charming memoir about living in Whitman' s Shakespeare & Co. and the strange, broken, lost, and occasionally talented, eccentrics and residents of this Tumblewood Hotel." ---Noel Riley Fitch, author of "Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties & Thirties" " There does seem to be something about the odd ducks that work at bookstores. Jeremy Mercer has captured the story of a wonderful, unique store that could only be born out of a love for books and the written word." --- Liz Schlegel, the Book Revue bookshop, Huntington, New York

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312347391
ISBN-13
9780312347390
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46462773

Product Key Features

Book Title
Time Was Soft there : a Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare and Co
Author
Jeremy Mercer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / France, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Books & Reading
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Z305.S452m47 2005
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2005-045289
Intended Audience
Trade

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by milliwaysSep 04, 2007
A great book about Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore
I bought this book because I had just been to Paris and visited Shakespeare and Co. for the first time. I fell in love with the bookstore and wanted to learn more about it's past. This book is the account of one writer who lived at Shakespeare and Co. for a while. It's personal, easy to read, and really gives you a sense of what it is that makes Shakespeare anc Co. so unique. I highly recommend it!
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by surettecJan 14, 2019
Enchnting true story
Enchanting, detailed account of this writer's sojourn at the legendary Shakespeare & Co.
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