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A Bookshop in Algiers

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Así es como yo concibo mi trabajo. El escritor tiene que escribir, el editor tiene que dar vida a los libros. No veo límites a esta idea. La literatura es demasiado importante como para no dedicarle todo mi tiempo». We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. That is: a store selling new and second-hand books, which is also a lending library, and not just a business but a place where people come to talk and read. TW: Although generally this is a feel-good book about books, bookshops and publishing, there are some disturbing descriptions about the French police massacre events leading up to (1945) or occurring during (1961) the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962)] The story in this short novella, is told in two streams one in set in 2017 and the other which is in a diary entry form narrated by Charlot and spans 1930s, through WW2 and Algiers resistance through to 1961.

Estoy absoluta y completamente enamorada del 2bis de la calle Hamami. Siento un flechazo absoluto por el entusiasmo de Edmond Charlot, por su amor a los libros y por fundar 'Las Verdaderas Riquezas', una librería/hogar donde he podido conocer los comienzos de Camus, Gide, Giono, Jules Roy y un montón de autoras y autores más que no he parado de apuntar. Siento que ese pequeño rincón, ya es un poco mío.

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I try not to give five stars too often. In my eyes, it diminishes the value of the books that truly deserve to be read. I suppose that you could argue that all books deserve to be read. I also suppose that you would probably be right in that argument. All along, the Algerian struggle against the French loom over much of what happens -- and then more recent domestic struggles.

A sort of meeting place for friends, but with a Mediterranean outlook too: bringing together writers from all the Mediterranean countries, regardless of language or religion Ha llegado el fin de semana. No tengo ninguna lectura entre manos por lo que también ha llegado ese momento tan especial y bonito, el de escoger una nueva lectura. No me gusta tener programadas mis lecturas ya que siempre acabo leyendo lo que me apetece en cada momento. Me guío por impulso, no siempre acierto pero ahí también reside la magia. Charlot was an advocate for Algerian independence and the story is peppered with historical incidents of violence and massacres during the war for independence. Already in 1935 the very young literature-loving Charlot has a clear idea of what he wants to create: The contemporary chapters, focused on Ryad and his efforts to clean out the small Les Vrais Richesses store as well as longtime caretake Abdallah, are a sad coda to this bit of literary history.Seguro que muchos de nosotros hemos pensado más de una vez en dedicarnos al sector editorial o a los libros. Incluso, muchos de nosotros habremos soñado con tener una librería propia. Y es principalmente de esto de lo que habla la novela, de libros y de sueños. Esencialmente de esto último.

He finds a small spot -- 2b Rue Charras (conveniently near the university) -- and sets up shop, his ambition that it: "be a library, a bookstore, a publishing house, but above all a place for friends who love the literature of the Mediterranean". Bir gün kitabevi açma/yayınevi kurma hayali olan tüm okurlar için Charlot’nun öyküsü oldukça heveslendirici ve motive edici. Sadece okur olarak kalmak isteyenler ise Camus, Exupery, Gide ve pek çok başka yazar hakkında bilgi sahibi olmakla yetinebilirler. Bence hiç de az buz bir şey değil! 😊 Kaouther Adimi's novel is multilayered in its presentation: there are sections set in 2017, when the tiny storefront -- measuring only some seven by four meters -- has been bought by someone who plans on letting his nephew open a beignet shop in its stead; the engineering student Ryad travels from France to take on the job of clearing out the place and repainting it for the handover, while Abdallah, the longterm caretaker of the place warily watches what happens to the establishment. A Bookshop in Algiers is a truly delightful read. Kaouther Adimi paid homage not only to Edmond Charlot but also to the art of storytelling, literature, and bookshop as a place of a great importance for local communities, of cultural exchange and freedom of thought. Here, a bookshop is more than just a physical place selling books — it is an idea, a magnet for those who dare to dream. Ese punto de encuentro nos dará a conocer también la historia de Argel, los años de ocupación francesa y su posterior lucha por la independencia; en pocas páginas la autora consigue un retrato político y social que no nos resulta desconocido.

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Charlot was the one who ‘discovered’ and published the first books by Albert Camus and had close literary relationships with other writers of that era such as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Andre Gide and Jean Giono. Charlot is portrayed as an idealist, humanist, dreamer, and bibliophile who strongly believed in the power of storytelling as a path to peace and unity. Edmond Charlot – Buchhändler, Verleger, Freund von Schriftstellern. Nie gehört? Ich bis vor wenigen Tagen auch nicht. Charlot gründete in den 30er Jahren eine Buchhandlung in Algier, die von Beginn an viel mehr als eine Buchhandlung war. Von den 30ern bis ins Jahr 2017 folgen wir dieser Geschichte, mal in Tagebuchnotizen Charlots, mal aus Sicht des Studenten Ryad, der in der Gegenwart die ehemalige Buchhandlung ausräumen und streichen soll. Da passiert allerhand Geschichte so nebenbei; der Zweite Weltkrieg, der Unabhängigkeitskamp Algeriens… Camus redigiert in der Buchhandlung seine Texte, auch Saint-Exupéry gehört zu den engen Freunden. Zeitweise lenkt Charlot das Geschäft von Paris aus. Freundschaften werden zu Feindschaften. Vieles wird zerstört. Nuestras riquezas, de la joven escritora Kaouther Adimi (Argel, 1986), pertenece a una especie de subgénero literario que nunca caerá en desuso porque se alimenta de un sentimiento imperecedero: sí, esa febril nostalgia que cualquier amante de la lectura ha experimentado al sumergirse entre las páginas de un libro que habla sobre otros libros. Nuestras riquezas es una obra que estruja hasta la última gota, sin ningún tipo de remordimiento, ese pasteloso romanticismo que nos hace venerar la mera proximidad de un manuscrito. Con suma artesanía narrativa, un lenguaje seductor y un tono que atrapa desde la primera escucha, Kaouther Adimi nos invita a pasear por las abarrotadas calles de Argel hasta el 2 bis de la calle Hamani, antigua calle Charras, donde un emprendedor e idealista Edmond Charlot abrió en 1936 una librería de préstamo llamada Las Verdaderas Riquezas.

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