Wednesday, May 10, 2006

les trois types

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Reginald at Abbey Books

 

9. Abbey Books, 29 rue de la Parcheminerie, Paris, France
This store is run by an obsessive Canadian bibliophile by the name of Brian. His national pride is immediately clear from the enormous Canadian flag out front, and he'll offer you a cup of coffee sweetened with maple syrup the moment you step inside. Abbey is absolutely crammed with good books and has the best selection of titles by Canadian authors outside of Canada. - Jeremy Mercer's top 10 bookshops - The Guardian
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Monday, May 08, 2006

Exhausted by a Hans Bellmer exhibition

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"...eerie shadows, disheveled bedclothes, vague domesticity, an aura of voyeurism..."

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Exhilarating yes, but...


... do you see the terror in his eyes?

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


"It was on the fifteenth of October, in the gloom of evening, as I sat musing on the Capitol, while the barefooted fryars were chanting their litanies in the temple of Jupiter that I conceived the first thought of my history." -Gibbon