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In Praise of Good Bookstores
Door Jeff Deutsch
| Categorie | Secundair |
|---|---|
| Boeknummer | #421351 |
| Titel | In Praise of Good Bookstores |
| Auteur | Deutsch, Jeff |
| Boektype | Gebonden hardcover |
| Uitgeverij | New Jersey : Princeton University Press |
| Jaar van uitgave | 2022 |
| ISBN10 | 0691207763 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691207766 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Beschrijving | Original pictorial boards, 8vo. |
| Samenvatting | "Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense of serious bookstores, but more importantly it is a paean to the spaces that support them; the experience of readers as they engage with the books, the stacks, and each other; and the particular community created by the presence of such an institution. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a bookseller and his particular experience at Sem Co-op, Deutsch aims, in a series of brief essays, to consider how concepts like space, time, abundance, measure, community, and reverence find expression in a good bookstore, and to show some ways in which the importance of the bookstore is both urgent and enduring"-- |
| Pagina's | 200 |
| Conditie | Goed — Small damage top corner front cover. |
| Prijs | € 8,00 |
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