ETERNAL FRANCE: RIVER BANKS AND BOOK SELLERS

THE WALK ENDS AT THE SEINE, WHOSE BANKS ARE A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

They are so beloved that the outcry against eliminating the booksellers during the Olympic games forced backtrack.

This is the sole page to accept the classic view without addition or critique.

Magazine cover, 1950s

Anonymous, Musée Carnavalet

Bouquinistes (vendors) are specialized, and the City must approve their stands. Many speak English and conversations can be a cultural experience, like discovering a talking museum — they may answer questions in depth, simply to share a passion.

At the Institut de France cross pont des Arts... 

Turn right and continue until you come upon works by the late Jaber.

In 2021

A Tunisian shepherd who left school at age seven, in Paris he became a baker, boxer, street performer and artist. Bouquiniste David Nocek presents some of his works.

These stalls are excellent for

old posters, magazines and books,

but usually not for art.

 That Jaber's works should be there shows 

that exceptions exist for almost everything.

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