Reblogged from bookmania
Kristina Wright
writer chick & mother hen



“He never disappointed.” George Whitman, the owner of Shakespeare and Company, a bookshop that became the core of English-language literary life in Paris and might be the most famous and beloved bookstore in the world, died Dec. 14, 2011 in his apartment above the store. He died two days after his 98th birthday.
reblogging for Molly.
spent every waking minute in...bench a few inches out...time...
“He never disappointed.” George Whitman, the owner of Shakespeare and Company, a bookshop that became the core of...
#one of the many places I shall visit before I die
So sad. My favourite bookstore in the whole world.