世界上最著名的独立书店或许非莎士比亚书店莫属。这里更像是一个文学乌托邦,金钱退居其次,历代作家——艾伦·金斯堡、亨利·米勒、阿奈斯·宁、威廉·斯泰伦、马丁·艾米斯、扎迪·史密斯、戴夫·埃格斯等——都在这儿找到了他们在巴黎的家。美国专栏作家布鲁斯·汉迪记述了性情古怪、脾气暴躁、富有远见的已故书店店主乔治·惠特曼的生平,并采访了莎士比亚书店在亚马逊时代最大的财富:惠特曼的女儿西尔维亚。 Perhaps the most famous independent bookstore in the world is none other than Shakespeare’s bookstore. It is more like a literary utopia, with money receding to second place. Writers of the ages - Alan Ginsburg, Henry Miller, Anais Ning, William Stellen, Martin Amis, Zadie Smith, Dave Eggs, etc. - all found their home in Paris here. Bruce Handy, a U.S. columnist, chronicles the life of an eccentric, grumpy, far-sighted late bookstore owner, George Whitman, and interviewed Shakespeare’s biggest treasure in the Amazon: Whitman’s daughter Silvi Asia.