Shakespeare & Co.

This is one of my early pieces.
I went to Paris to sleep in a a bookstore run by an American who didn't go home after WWII.
Instead, George Whitman created Shakespeare & Co on the Left Bank.
It's a place where people like Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller & William S. Burroughs lived for a while before they became Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller & William S. Burroughs.
Today, George lets writers, poets and wanderers sleep in his store if they do 3 things for him - write him a story of their life, help around the store for a couple of hours, nd read a book a day. I stayed there for a week.
I had never shot anything before this, but Bart Noonan of Reuters had a great tip for me: If it looks cool, shoot it.
Air date: March 2000
Network: CBC Newsworld
Producer, Camera, Writer, Presenter: Yasir Khan
Editor: Liz Rosch

[@lindafrazier8092]

Thank you for this video. What a treasure❤

[@MockingbirdLedger]

Thank you for this upload.
I felt so at home here.

[@skandaraavani]

It's wonderful! I have also a love booker and i have a lot of books.
I also forgive many books to my friends. Good luck.

[@soulMate_23]

Thanx👍👍❤️🌹

[@BassamAlasad]

this is great yaser finally i saw it :D
bassam Alasad

[@TheoWrigt]

“ Keeps me awake at night”
All buttresses are but a mirage…
Except for God

[@bretelle]

and now George died, what will happen o his place

[@Amy-lx2fz]

bretelle Im responding to your very old comment and you probably already know by now about his daughter owning it now. But I will respond anyway. :) George's energy is still alive strong there! I discovered this bookstore just this month on my trip to Paris. I am a writer and I do love bookstores, but I hadn't done too much research before hand on this store. I had heard of it prior to my trip, and planned to see it, but knew only very little of the history. But George's spirit was definitely there, and it's exactly what led me further into researching and learning more in depth about the place and its history. I feel like I met George, though unfortunately I never had the privilege to meet him in his human incarnation. But I feel like I had such an intense, magical, experience there, and it's taken me on an exciting uncovering.

[@naomibell9531]

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[@lindafrazier8092]

This bookstore is a treasure and certainly a cherished soul memory for me... first visit to Paris❤many years ago. Subscribed to website ... long lines or queues to get in... and a Cafe adjacent to store. I love that building was a monastery centuries ago and it's connection with Notre Dame.

[@jacquelineguidry704]

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