Истории торговца книгами

V sozvezdii britanskikh knigotorgovt͡sev - ne tolʹko torgui͡ushchikh knigami, no i pishushchikh, ot shotlandt͡sa Shona Baĭtella s ego znamenitym The Bookshop do potomstvennogo knigotorgovt͡sa Sėmi͡uėla Dzhonsona, rasskazavshego istorii͡u stareĭsheĭ londonskoĭ seti Foyles - zagoraetsi͡a eshche odna zvezda: Martin Leĭtem, upravli͡ai͡ushchiĭ magazinom seti knizhnogo giganta Waterstones v Kenterberi, posvi͡ativshiĭ li͡ubimomu delu bo lee 35 let. Ego rasskaz - ėto splav istorii knizhnoĭ kulʹtury i memuarov knigotorgovt͡sa. Istorik po obrazovanii͡u, on pishet kak ob ėmot͡sionalʹnom i psikhologicheskom opyte chitateleĭ, posetiteleĭ bibliotek i pokupateleĭ v knizhnykh magazinakh, tak i o kraeugolʹnykh kamni͡akh vzaimodeĭstvii͡a li͡udeĭ s knigami v raznye ėpokhi (ot vremen Gutenberga do nasheĭ t͡sifrovoĭ ėpokhi) i na fone raznykh istoricheskikh sobytiĭ, vkli͡uchai͡a Reformat͡sii͡u, revoli͡ut͡sii͡u vo Frant͡sii i Vtorui͡u mirovui͡u voĭnu. Poznakomʹtesʹ s portretom "cheloveka chitai͡ushchego" v izlozhenii Leĭtema, nasyshchennom imenami i t͡sitatami, priglashai͡ushchimi k chtenii͡u i razmyshlenii͡u zaglavii͡ami, interesnymi faktami i situat͡sii͡ami, a takzhe vazhnymi obobshchenii͡ami."Knizhnye stellazhi - otrazhenie nashego neizvedannogo "i͡a"". (Martin Leĭtem)

In the constellation of British booksellers - not only selling books, but also writing, from the Scotsman Sean Bytell with his famous The Bookshop to the hereditary bookseller Samuel Johnson, who told the story of the oldest London chain Foyles - another star lights up: Martin Latham, the store manager of the Waterstones book giant chain in Canterbury, who devoted more than 35 years to his favorite business. His story is a fusion of the history of book culture and the memoirs of a bookseller. A historian by training, he writes both about the emotional and psychological experiences of readers, library visitors and bookstore buyers, and about the cornerstones of people's interaction with books in different eras (from the time of Gutenberg to our digital era) and against the background of various historical events, including the Reformation, the Revolution in France and the Second World War. Get acquainted with the portrait of the "person reading" in the presentation of the Leitem, full of names and quotations, inviting titles to read and reflect, interesting facts and situations, as well as important generalizations."Bookshelves are a reflection of our unknown self." (Martin Latham)