Pinturas Sobre Libros. Por el artista californiano Mike Stilkey. Bookshelf Porn. Overhead-wall-bookshelves.jpg (468×600) The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. [Editor’s note: In celebration of the holidays, we’re counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #1, was originally published January 31.] With Amazon slowly taking over the publishing world and bookstores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a little grim for the brick and mortar booksellers of the world. After all, why would anyone leave the comfort of their couch to buy a book when with just a click of a button, they could have it delivered to their door?
Well, here’s why: bookstores so beautiful they’re worth getting out of the house (or the country) to visit whether you need a new hardcover or not. A gorgeous converted Dominican church gives the power of reading its due diligence.
Then We Came to the End | Top 10 Novels of the 2000s. Fairly Sad, Midway Gentle or Violent, Definitely Short + Definitely Funny. Fair matches A Guide to the Perplexed by Gilad Atzmon This guide, if you are already perplexed, will thicken the mist. A raunchy life story, a very controversial view of Israeli politics and a look at the ridiculous in academia - this tale wizzes through it all. Expect some laugh out loud bits that you will not want to read in a public place. Lanzarote by Michel Houellebecq Slight in size, but not in content. Alice, the Sausage by Sophie Jabes What a strange, horrible and funny little story. Bar Balto by Faiza Guene Brief, but extremely perceptive, this Parisian murder mystery is told in a series of monologues. The Old Child by Jenny Erpenbeck To begin with I didn't enjoy the repetitive narrative of this odd little novella but 'the girl this, the girl that...' gave the book a rhythm, which carried me through to the end in no time at all.
The Staff Room by Markus Orths An enjoyable and darkly funny satire on teaching in a totalitarian state. No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July Broken Glass. Most Interesting Libraries of the World. The Royal library Black Diamond at the waterfront of Copenhagen owes its name to the black granite from Zimbabwe used for the facade of the building. The name was used by the public first and has been adapted officially later. Design by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen. Photography by Mirage Bookmark Flickr.com. Go Ask Alice.