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The Bookshop is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald, [2] in which the lead character attempts against opposition to open a bookshop in the coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk (a thinly-disguised version of Southwold). [3]
As a novel by a still relatively unknown writer, The Bookshop appeared to mostly condescending initial reviews. [3] The Times called it "a harmless, conventional little anecdote, well-tailored but uninvolving"; The Guardian a "disquieting" novel about "really nasty people living in a really nice little coastal town"; and The Times Literary Supplement, while calling it "marvellously piercing ...
Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man is a 2003 documentary film directed by Benjamin Sutherland and Gonzague Pichelin. [1] [2] It is about George Whitman who opened a bookshop-commune in Paris in 1951 called Shakespeare and Company. [3]
The Bookshop is a narrative overview of the history of independent bookstores in the United States. Each chapter focuses on a different bookstore, describing its history, contributions to its local community, and eventual decline. There are intermissions throughout the book looking at the bookselling industry more broadly.
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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10.The website's critics consensus reads: "Inviting viewers into a fascinating world of bibliophiles, The Booksellers is a documentary that's easy to curl up and get lost in." [7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 15 ...
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Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō (Japanese: ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖, Hepburn: Biburia Koshodō no Jiken Techō, lit. ' Biblia Used Bookstore Casebook ') is a Japanese light novel series written by En Mikami and illustrated by Hagu Koshijima.