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Seine-side booksellers to be forced out during Olympics
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Seine-side booksellers to be forced out during Olympics

But the bouquinistes refuse: what will happen?

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Lindsey Tramuta
Jul 31, 2023
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Over the last fifteen years, I’ve acquired posters, vintage cards, funky pins and maybe a rare book or two from the bouquinistes, the booksellers that line the Seine with their forest green stalls and folding chairs. I am not, in other words, a regular shopper but I am a constant admirer. The booksellers are part of the …

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