Galignani - THE bookshop in Paris, always worth half a day of hanging around and sponging in the atmosphere and new books and lovely people and and and.
Perfectly situatued as well in the Arcades of the Rue Rivoli, you can always have a little snack and tea at Angelina´s and then back to the Lettres... They are one of the oldest bookshops in Paris, tending to the english and american visitors for the last 200 years.
The last time I was there, good old Valery Giscard D´Estaing came over to have a look, whether his latest book had sold some more pieces than the day before. He looks indeed like on the pictures, french and tall and old.
Especially happy is the large large section of Art Books - if you do not find your heart´s wish there, then it will be difficult to find the book somewhere else.
I also like to have a chat with the highly cultivated people who work there - fluent english is de rigeur, and they know almost everything in the wink of an eye. The choice is endless and I could happily spend hours and hours there browsing in peace and unmolested, and then schlepping home ( to the train - thanks God, the Metro is near!) books about all sorts of things...
But: they even have an international mailorder service.... isn´t that the top of chic???
Galignani
Livres Francais
Anglais & Américans
224, Rue de Rivoli, Paris Ier
Tél. 01 42 60 76 07
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