Tardes de sábado sem praia. Cheiro de café forte. O espanhol sussurado ao lado por alguém lendo uma estrofe de Neruda. Sente-se ao fresco ou aconchegue-se com os seus pequenos na sessão infantil. Passe o pátio, vire a direita e encontre títulos de fotografia, historia e assuntos mil. O universo da Books & Books, livraria independente nativa de Miami, é eclético. Segundo David Barry, colunista e escritor, a livraria “é a melhor dos EUA.” Concordo. A seleção a venda é vagamente indiscreta, tem personalidade e foge das politicagens que as mega-lojas estocam para competir com as compras de internet. Quem assume que Miami é burra nunca visitou a Books & Books, usufluiu de um calendário repleto de atividades culturais ou parou para cumprimentar Mitchell Kaplan, o empresário que desde de 1982 aposta que Miami, cidade bronzeada, também gosta de ler.
Books and Books: Miami is not stupid!
Saturday afternoon: skip the beach. The smell of strong coffee impregnates the air. There is the whisper in Spanish of someone reading a stanza from Neruda. Some sit al fresco and others get cozy with little ones in the children’s section. Go through the patio, turn slightly right and find titles about photography, history and a thousand subjects. This is the universe of Books and Books, the independently owned and operated Miami bookstore. According to David Barry, columnist and writer, the store “is the best in the USA.” I agree. The adult selection is slightly prying, it has personality and turns its back at the marketing gimmick that the mega stores must endure in order to compete with the Internet. If you assume that Miami is stupid you have never visited Books and Books, enjoyed its calendar — which is packed with cultural activities — or stopped to shake the hand of Mitchell Kaplan: the entrepreneur who since 1982 has invested in the Idea that the Miami works on its tan but it also likes to read.
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