Perhaps the most famous independent bookstore in the world, Shakespeare and Company can feel like something of a literary utopia, where money takes a backseat and generations of writersââ¬âAllen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, William Styron, Martin Amis, Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, among othersââ¬âhave found a Paris home. Chronicling the life of its late owner, the eccentric, irascible, and visionary George Whitman, Bruce Handy meets Shakespeareââ¬â¢s greatest asset in the age of Amazon: Whitmanââ¬â¢s daughter, Sylvia. Also, featured in movies including Woody Allen`s Midnight in Paris and Richard Linklater`s Before Sunset
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