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Shakespeare and Company by James Laughlin, Sylvia Beach
4.0
I will agree with other reviewers that the structure and tone of this is very conversational and anecdotal at times, I found it very engaging (and also very modernist in terms of feeling quite stream-of-consciousness) and fitting for what and who she was writing about.
This book is so interesting from a literary and historical perspective, chronicling the literary movement in Paris in the nineteen twenties through the realities of Paris during nazi occupation in wwii, and the way that so many of these iconic literary figures were not just involved in Beach’s life, but how these relationships and these people fared in wwii.
I absolutely recommend it as a fascinating memoir
This book is so interesting from a literary and historical perspective, chronicling the literary movement in Paris in the nineteen twenties through the realities of Paris during nazi occupation in wwii, and the way that so many of these iconic literary figures were not just involved in Beach’s life, but how these relationships and these people fared in wwii.
I absolutely recommend it as a fascinating memoir