Publisher's Synopsis
THERE'S A NEW PLACE IN PARIS where you can get a piece of real lemon pie and a café crè me so tantalizing it will melt your inhibitions. Inside this once-medieval space are stacks of books on shelves, and small tables packed with people writing, debating, or dreamily gazing out the window, passez les temps. It's the new café next to Shakespeare and Company, and although he's been gone for five years, it's the one thing George Whitman always felt was missing from his haven of books. Sylvia has made it light and pretty, with a white faç ade and brightly colored chairs, but it matches the care-worn ambiance of the bookshop perfectly, as if a sprinkling of cinnamon on top of a Cappuccino.Even the café 's motto, "Open door, open books, open mind, open heart," goes with the old one in the shop, surrounded by the vivid spines of books: "Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise."Our nouveau section to this beloved, award-winning anthology of writings from there adds extra spice in the same way. We have included twenty-one new stories and poems that bring you to Paris before escorting you into Shakespeare and Company for the cherished original ones.Afterwards, let's stop in next door for a Flapjack Kerouac or a slice of George's Lemon Pie. Before you lift the steamy cup to your lips, don't forget to shake in a little shush of cinnamon.
