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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a Historyby Lewis Buzbee
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore — the smell and touch of books, the joy of getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through the Weekly Reader in grade school. Woven throughout is a fascinating historical account of the bookseller trade — from the great Alexandria library with an estimated one million papyrus scrolls to Sylvia Beach's famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare & Co., that led to the extraordinary effort to publish and sell James Joyce's Ulysses. Rich with anecdotes, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is the perfect choice for those who relish the enduring pleasures of spending an afternoon finding just the right book. Review:"Buzbee (Fliegelman's Desire) is a book lover. When he describes walking into a bookstore, feasting his eyes on the walls lined with stock, gravitating to the tables stacked with new issues and then discovering some volume so irresistibly beautiful he just has to buy it, you realize that he just doesn't love books, he's besotted. Buzbee tells the story of his lifelong obsession, from his elementary school Weekly Reader orders to his first jobs clerking in bookstores and his short career as a publisher's rep. Woven into these personal essays is a tangential discourse on the history of bookmaking and bookselling, from the ancient Romans and Chinese to the modern era. He describes the scriptoriums in Roman bookshops where the wealthy could order a book copied, the stacks of unbound quires a customer would have chosen from in a 15th-century bookshop (proto-paperbacks) and everything one would want to know about the modern business of bookselling, from ISBNs to remainders. On current hot-button issues, like predatory pricing by big-box stores and Internet vendors, he's careful where he draws his bottom line, which is 'between bookstores and the absence of them.' (June)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Book News Annotation:Buzbee, a writer and former bookseller, recreates in remarkable
detail the unique experience of the bookstore, complete with the
smell and touch of books, the joy of getting lost in the shelves, and
the silent community of readers. Throughout his chronicle of his
passion for books, which began with ordering through the Weekly
Reader, Buzbee weaves an historical account of the bookseller trade,
starting with the great Alexandria library.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:Buzbee, a writer and former bookseller, recreates in remarkable
detail the unique experience of the bookstore, complete with the
smell and touch of books, the joy of getting lost in the shelves, and
the silent community of readers. Throughout his chronicle of his
passion for books, which began with ordering through the Weekly
Reader, Buzbee weaves an historical account of the bookseller trade,
starting with the great Alexandria library.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is a delectable feast for the reader. Like a great meal, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop provides the reader many types of pleasure. Each chapter offers its particular moments of insight and enchantment — it is difficult to pick which chapter offered the greatest satisfaction. I cannot remember when I have read a book with such delight." Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Bookstore Review:"A riveting, lurid account of the author's first tremulous encounters with 'book lust' and his helpless descent into full-blown bibliomania. A cautionary tale every parent in America should heed, and a big fat naughty pleasure for book nuts everywhere." August Kleinzahler Review:"A fascinating, detailed account of how book selling has come to be what it is, with detours to Alexandria, Classical Rome, and sixth-century China, among other places." San Francisco Weekly Review:"The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop offers many pleasures when you dip inside especially the pleasure of sharing the world of books with others who share your passion." Grass Roots Reader Review:"Both anecdotal and eloquent...a tribute to those who crave the cozy confines of a bookshop, a place to be 'alone among others' and savor a bountiful literary buffet." Booklist Review:"A leisurely stroll with a knowledgeable but unpretentious companion through some very interesting aisles." Kirkus Reviews Synopsis:Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore — the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers.
Synopsis:“I cannot remember when I read a book with such delight.” —Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Bookstore November, a dark, rainy Tuesday, late afternoon. This is my ideal time to be in a bookstore. The shortened light of the afternoon and the idleness and hush of the hour gather everything close, the shelves and the books and the few other customers who graze head-bent in the narrow aisles. I’ve come to find a book. In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore—the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through The Weekly Reader in grade school. Interwoven throughout is a fascinating historical account of the bookseller’s trade—from the great Alexandria library with an estimated one million papyrus scrolls to Sylvia Beach’s famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, which led to the extraordinary effort to publish and sell James Joyce’s Ulysses during the 1920s. Rich with anecdotes, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is the perfect choice for those who relish the enduring pleasures of spending an afternoon finding just the right book. About the AuthorLewis Buzbee is the author of Fliegelman's Desire and After the Gold Rush. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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