![]() ![]() ![]() Many Parisians contacted Whitman to donate to the bookshop - without wishing to purchase a book - and to share memories of falling in love there or even sleeping among its bookshelves. Support has come from all walks of life: from lowly students to former French President Francois Hollande, who dropped by the bookshop overlooking Notre Dame Cathedral before the lockdown in response to the appeal. There have been a record 5,000 online orders in one week, compared with around 100 in a normal week - representing a 50-fold increase. Since sending the email appeal, Whitman says she has been “overwhelmed” by the offers of help Shakespeare and Company has received. “We’ve been (down) 80% since the first confinement in March, so at this point we’ve used all our savings,” Sylvia Whitman, daughter of the late proprietor George Whitman, said. 30 that saw all non-essential stores shuttered for the second time in seven months. The English-language bookshop on the Seine River sent an email to customers last week to inform them that it was facing “hard times” and to encourage them to buy a book. PARIS (AP) - Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookstore that published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, is appealing to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France’s spring coronavirus lockdown put the future of the Left Bank institution in doubt. ![]()
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