An Icon Lives On

Those of you who lived on the Upper West Side at any point during the '90s probably remember Shakespeare & Co., the great independent bookseller, which like many of its kind is no longer in business.

There is also a Shakespeare & Co. on the Left Bank of the Seine. I don't know if it has or had any business relationship with the one in New York, but this one appears to be thriving:


Supposedly this store was a hangout for Stein, Hemingway and other Americans Abroad in the era between the wars. And now it's mine.