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by NR Fitch (Author) "SYLVIA BEACH paced the platform of the Gare de Lyon, waiting alone in the chill morning air for the arrival of the train from Dijon..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; illustrated edition edition (17 Jul 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0393302318
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393302318
  • Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 358,708 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Noel Riley Fitch has written a perfect book, full to the brim with literary history, correct and whole-hearted both in statement and in implication. She makes me feel and remember a good many things that happened before and after my time. I'm glad to have lived long enough to read it. -- Glenway Wescott

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Making use of the author's access to the Beach family papers, this account chronicles the literary circle that gathered at Beach's Paris book shop.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Insight Into The Most Famous Bookstore in Paris, 19 Nov 2005
By Rebecca Papin "Literary Connoisseur" (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This is quite a spectacular book, a privileged look into the most famous English language bookstore in Paris, Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Company. Not only is it delightful to read the history of how Sylvia's modest dream became such a huge success, but it is also fascinating to read about Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce when they were young. The language is rich and fulfilling, the photos insightful, and in the end, I really felt as if I had been part of it all, sitting in Sylvia's bookstore, hearing the rustle of pages as the day passed away.
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