Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co., (Paperback)

from zmagic69

If you love books this is a great store about a very interesting and historically significant bookstore.

from alanteder

Canadian ex-newspaperman Jeremy Mercer was down on his luck and funds when he managed to find a berth at George Whitman's Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, France in late 1999. The memoir of his stay and of the people he met was first published in 2005 as "Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: ...

from elliepotten

On the run from an unfortunate mistake in his Canadian life as a crime journalist, Jeremy Mercer heads to Paris to escape for a while. Caught in a rainstorm near Notre-Dame one afternoon, he spots a welcoming light across the river and thus stumbles inadvertently on the Shakespeare and Company bo...

from srcsmgrl

I loved this book. It took me to Paris and left me in a semi-squallid, totally sureal and mesmerizing bookstore where the occupants were writers in need of a literary fix. A wonderful story, and it is true!

from Smits

I really, really liked this book. I enjoyed Paris through the eyes of the writer. I enjoyed meeting the characters that lived in Shakespeare and Co book store. I loved the owner George. I made me want to relive my youth and go and spend time living in the Paris bookstore.....