The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop

a memoir, a history

Hardcover, 180 pages

English language

Published May 30, 2006 by Graywolf Press.

ISBN:
978-1-55597-450-3
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In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore--the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through The Weekly Reader in grade school. Interwoven throughout is an historical account of the bookseller's trade--from the great Alexandria library with an estimated one million papyrus scrolls to Sylvia Beach's famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, which led to the effort to publish and sell James Joyce's Ulysses during the 1920s.

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It was more of a confession of his love for books and the love story itself. I enjoyed the lighthearted, endearing nature of its verse. It was good timing for me to read this now. I've had an inner dialogue about e-books and whether I should be supportive or rebel. Recently, I borrowed a book from the library that smelled like incense and in the same trip received one with glitter stuck to most of the pages. I was distracted by thoughts of the other patrons, but I think it added to the experience. I would never want that to be taken away.

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Subjects

  • Literary studies: general
  • Bookstores
  • Biography And Autobiography
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Biography / Autobiography
  • Biography/Autobiography
  • Personal Memoirs
  • Essays
  • Literary
  • History / Essays
  • Biography
  • Book industries and trade
  • Booksellers and bookselling
  • History
  • United States