A while ago, I posted about the Wisconsin bookstore housed in a manure tank converted to be a castle. (Read that here.) There was an exterior picture, but now I'm pleased to be able to show you the inside, too:
Sure, But an Hour Later You Can’t Find the Book Again
We spend a lot of time labelling our books, categorizing them, and putting them on the shelves in order. Is it time wasted? It is according to the owner of Shanghai's Dukou bookstore. In an article in today's China Daily, Xiao Gao throws cold water on the whole organization thing: "Unlike most bookstores, books here … Continue reading Sure, But an Hour Later You Can’t Find the Book Again
Undiscovered
While I don't usually think of the paper as a great source for literary news, USA Today today confounded my expectations and printed both an article on Irene Nemirovsky and an excerpt from her newly-released book Fire in the Blood.Nemirovsky wrote over twenty books before she was killed in Auschwitz in 1942, but Suite Francaise, … Continue reading Undiscovered
