Everyone has heard of Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookshop originally established by Sylvia Beach many moons ago and still going strong. You should pay it a visit.
Forever associated with the first publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses in 1922, the shop’s location has moved several times and today is tucked back from the quayside on the left bank, just across from Notre Dame.
I took this photo following my second visit there in early October 2010. On my first visit with my 16 year old daughter who was just starting her Irish Leaving Certificate English course, we bought study notes for Romeo and Juliet!
Our guest photographer at Parisbynumbers, John Minihan, mentioned it in his post earlier this year about Beckett.
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Went to Woody Allens Minuit a Paris last week to discover that Shakespeare and Company features in the movie with Owen Wilson, aka Gil Pender browsing for a good read jusy like the rest of us !
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GO, the travel supplement with the Saturday Irish Times had an article in it’s edition of 12 Feb 2011 entitled “Sleping with Literary Ghosts” – if you have the requisite literary credentials or connections it seems you may qualify to spend a night or two sleeping above the shop amongst the manuscripts. There is no charge but you may have to work in the shop the next day for an hour or two !!
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