Friday 5 February 2010

An American (bookstore) in Paris

Well, that's good news, anyway. It seems that the emblematic American bookshop Brentano's is going to reopen shortly. The store, based in fancy-ish Avenue de l'Opéra in Paris, was forced to close back in June last year due to a phenomenal increase of its rent. A rescue has been staged, a rethink of the whole operation too, it seems, so the shop is ready to welcome English speakers (and Japanese tourists) once more. Ouf! as they say in Paris.

3 comments:

  1. En direct de Paris, ce mercredi 17 mars, il est 10h05, avenue de l'Opéra, j'y étais et Brentano's est ouvert! Photos (preuves) suivent!
    Un fidèle lecteur anonyme (mais bien connu).

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  2. Le lecteur anonyme a le droit de signer, sans blagues! Mais bien sur, l'incognito c'est tellement plus chic!... ;o) Merci pour l'info!

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  3. C'est-à-dire que l'anonyme a du mal avec les profils. Il faudra lui donner des cours!

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