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Quasar Latin, a cikin Paris, al'ada ce mai tsabta: Daliban jami'ar La Sorbonne suna kwance littattafai, kantuna masu hannu biyu wadanda ke nuna rumfunansu, wani katafaren dandalin Saint Michel da manyan kantunan litattafai na almara inda Hemingway ko Miller suka taba zama suna karatu, rubutu da ma barci. Ana kiran ɗakin karatun da ke cikin tambaya Shakespeare & Kamfanin kuma yana a 37 rue de la Búcherie, a gabar kogin Seine wanda ke ci gaba da kasancewa mafi kyawun ra'ayi ga masu zane da masu tunani.
Abubuwan ban mamaki
A gefen hagu na Seine, kantin sayar da littattafai yana ci gaba da aiki tsakanin manyan kamfanoni kamar Gibert Jeune, ɗaliban ɗalibai, da kuma abubuwan Notre Dame. A kallon farko, Shakespeare & Co. na iya zama kamar ɗayan ɗayan shagunan littattafai ne waɗanda suka haɗu da yankin Saint Michel da Latin Quarter, aljanna na al'adu waɗanda za ku rasa kanku a duk lokacin da kuka ziyarci babban birnin Faransa.
Koyaya, yayin da muke shiga da wucewa ta hanyar baka wanda ke dauke da littattafai kawai, matakalar kamar ana tallafawa ne a kan katako wanda ya kunshi kwafin The Odyssey ko Inabin Fushi kuma a ƙarshen labulen jan labule ya rufe abin da ya bayyana gado. I mana.
An fara shi duka a cikin shekarar 1919, shekarar da tsohuwar ƙasar Amurka ta kasance Sylvia Beach ta buɗe kantin sayar da littattafai akan rue Dupuytren da ake kira Shakespare & Co. A tsawon wadannan shekarun wannan kantin sayar da littattafai ya kasance matattarar al'adu da marubuta da aka bincika a ƙasashen Anglo-Saxon, duba Ulysses na James Joyce ko membobin aarnataccen ledarnata Ernest Hemingway ko Henry Miller, na yau da kullun na wannan kantin sayar da littattafai a lokacin shekarunsa a Paris.
Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, kantin sayar da littattafai bai sake buɗewa ba bayan rikice-rikice da dama da jami'an Jamus. Zai kasance a cikin 1951 lokacin da George Whitman, wani sojan Amurka, ya ƙaddamar da Shakespare & Co. akan rue de la Búcherie, wanda ya kwaikwayi aikin bakin teku, ya zama, a matsayin, mafaka ga Beat Generation na waɗancan shekarun 50 wanda daga Julio Cortázar zuwa William S. Burroughs suka fada cikin farfajiyarta.
Hakanan, kantin sayar da littattafan ya ba marubutan zaɓi na kwana a can matuƙar an cika wasu buƙatu: yin awanni kaɗan don aikawa da yin odar littattafai a cikin kantin sayar da littattafan da cin gajiyar zaman su don karantawa da rubutu a cikin gidajan. "Wajibai" guda biyu waɗanda suke da daɗaɗawa ga marubutan zamani don neman masauki da sabbin abubuwan motsa jiki a cikin garin soyayya.
Ana kiran waɗannan baƙin yalwa (ko shuke-shuke da ke birgima) a matsayin girmamawa ga waɗancan masu zane-zanen makiyaya waɗanda suka yanke shawarar zama a cikin hancin shagon littattafai wanda za su inganta adabi, samar da abarba tare da sauran matafiya tare da inganta ƙirƙirar wallafe-wallafe tsakanin ɗakinta a matsayin tabbataccen garanti don biyan 'yan kwanaki na masauki a cikin wannan, a cewar Miller, "yankin ban mamaki na littattafai."
Kuma yanzu shine lokacin da kayi nadamar yin bincike da rana ta cikin littattafan ka ba tare da sanin cewa an haɗa "zaɓi B&B" ba.
Kuna so ku kwana a wannan kantin sayar da littattafai?
Sannu Alberto.
Zan so in kwana a ciki matuƙar kwanciya tana da kyau, ba shakka. Ina tsammanin za su sami wadataccen kayan shimfiɗa don canzawa kowane biyu zuwa uku.
Na riga na san game da wanzuwar wannan kantin sayar da littattafai. Ina tsammanin cewa ita ce mafi shaharar kuma mafi yawan ziyarta a cikin Paris. Kuma idan ba haka ba, tabbas yana cikin na farkon.
Ban taɓa jin labarin tumbleweeds ba.
Gaisuwa ta rubutu daga Oviedo.
Wannan kantin sayar da littattafai yana da kyau, na sami damar ziyarta a shekarar da ta gabata. A yau ba lallai ne ku zama marubuta ba don ku sami damar kwana a wurin, kawai kuna buƙatar sha'awar littattafai kuma ku ba da wani aiki kamar yadda kuka ambata. Duk mafi kyau.