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| Autor/in | Deutsch, Jeff |
|---|---|
| Titel | In Praise of Good Bookstores. |
| Quelle | Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (2022), 216 S.
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| Zusatzinformation | Inhaltsverzeichnis Titelbild |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie |
| ISBN | 978-0-691-20776-6; 9780691229669 |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780691229669 |
| Schlagwörter | Kulturgut; Sozialer Raum; Buchhandel; Literatur; Buchhändler; Kulturelle Einrichtung; Kulturgut; Literatur; Geschichte (Histor); Buchhandel; Buchhändler; 20. Jahrhundert; 21. Jahrhundert; Kulturelle Einrichtung |
| Abstract | From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores. Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch-the director of Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookstores, one of the finest bookstores in the world-pays loving tribute to one of our most important and endangered civic institutions. He considers how qualities like space, time, abundance, and community find expression in a good bookstore. Along the way, he also predicts-perhaps audaciously-a future in which the bookstore not only endures, but realizes its highest aspirations.In exploring why good bookstores matter, Deutsch draws on his lifelong experience as a bookseller, but also his upbringing as an Orthodox Jew. This spiritual and cultural heritage instilled in him a reverence for reading, not as a means to a living, but as an essential part of a meaningful life. Central among Deutsch's arguments for the necessity of bookstores is the incalculable value of browsing-since, when we are deep in the act of looking at the shelves, we move through space as though we are inside the mind itself, immersed in self-reflection.In the age of one-click shopping, this is no ordinary defense of bookstores, but rather an urgent account of why they are essential places of discovery, refuge, and fulfillment-and how they enrich the communities that are lucky enough to have them. |
| Erfasst von | Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Update | 2023/1 |
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